John Stossel

John Stossel (born 1947) is an American television journalist for ABC.

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1947 - American - Journalist - ABC

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Stossel began his journalism career as a researcher for KGW-TV in Portland, Oregon. His early years include consumer reporter at WCBS-TV in New York City consumer editor at ABC's Good Morning America. Stossel later became an ABCNEWS correspondent, joining the weekly news magazine program 20/20 in 1981 and becoming its co-anchor in 2003.

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Journalism - Researcher - KGW - Portland - New York City - Good Morning America - Correspondent - 20/20 - 1981 - 2003

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In 1984, while filming a segment on wrestling, Stossel told wrestler Dr. D (Dave Schultz) he thought wrestling was fake. Schultz attacked Stossel, yelling "You think it's fake?" Stossel sued and won a $425,000 settlement. Schultz was fired by the WWF, but maintains he was ordered to attack Stossel.

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1984 - Wrestling - Dave Schultz - WWF

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In Boys and Girls are Different, a 1995 television special looking at the biological differences between boys and girls, Gloria Steinem told him that women make better firefighters because, having less upper body strength, they are forced to drag victims out of burning buildings, keeping them low to the ground and away from smoke. Her statement has since been used by critics of feminism as an example of the absurdity of modern political correctness.

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Gloria Steinem - Firefighter - Feminism - Political correctness

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In 20/20's "Give Me a Break" segment, he takes a skeptical look at subjects ranging from government regulations and pop culture to censorship and unfounded fear. "Give Me a Break" was so popular that in 1994, it was spun off into a series of one-hour specials. Topics of these specials include:

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Government regulation - Pop culture - Censorship - Unfounded fear - 1994 - Spun off

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• "Family Fix: Help! I've Got Kids"
• "Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death?"
• "Is America Number 1?"
• "You Can't Say That!"
• "Love, Lust, and Marriage"
• "The Mystery of Happiness"
• "Junk Science: What You Know That May Not Be So"
• "The Blame Game"
• "Boys and Girls Are Different"
• "Freeloaders"
• "Greed"
• Larry Elder
• "Sex, Drugs and Consenting Adults".

Stossel's views have often been controversial, and he is one of the few libertarians in mainstream media.

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Stossel made an apology to his audience in 2000 after it was discovered that some of the research for a segment he ran discrediting organic foods was incorrectly cited. http://www.lewrockwell.com/mcelroy/mcelroy21.html http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,6900,00.html

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