John Stossel
John Stossel (born 1947) is an American television journalist for ABC.
Stossel joined ABC's weekly news magazine program 20/20 in 1981. In the show's "Give Me a Break" segment, he takes a skeptical look at subjects ranging from government 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 "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, and "Sex, Drugs and Consenting Adults". Stossel's views have often been controversial, and he is one of the few libertarians in mainstream media.
Stossel was forced to apologize to his audience in 2000 after it was discovered that some of the research for a segment he ran discrediting organic foods was incorrect.
Stossel graduated from Princeton University with a BA in psychology in 1969. He has won many awards, including 19 Emmy Awards.
Book
- Give Me a Break : How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media ISBN 0060529148
