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John Stossel
Stossel is the most effective presenter of pro-liberty views on network television. His recent greatly appraised one-hour special entitled John Stossel Goes to Washington was a good testimony to his genius.
He has been an ABC correspondent for the newsmagazine 20/20 since June 1981 and was recently named co-host of the show. Since April 1994, he has hosted his own full-hour specials on such controversial subjects as happiness, sex, drugs, teenagers, freeloaders, lawsuits and supernatural phenomena. Greed, where Objectivist philosopher David Kelley appeared, excited the greatest interest among libertarians.
Stossel has a charismatic presence. He expresses healthy skepticism about the official line. He asks the kinds of questions you'd love to ask people spouting nonsense. He usually finds a graceful way to work in a pro-liberty view. Stossel's specials have featured much dramatic footage including Stossel walking barefoot across hot coals (showing that one doesn't need supernatural power to do it).
Stossel, a Princeton graduate, has won 19 Emmy Awards. The National Press Club honored him for his consumer reporting. He received the George Polk Award for his local reporting as well as the George Foster Peabody Award which is the most prestigious recognition for excellence in broadcasting and cable. It's no wonder Rupert Murdoch tried to lure him away for Fox News. He released his first book, Give Me a Break, about his experiences working in the media, in 2004.
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