By Dan Ferris
50 Years of Good News and Bad News John Stossel has been a reporter for 50 years. In his first job in Portland, Oregon, he helped invent TV consumer reporting. Then he moved to WCBS in New York City, then to 2020 and Good Morning America on ABC. In October 2009, Stossel left ABC News to join the Fox Business channel. He hosted a weekly news show on Fox Business called Stossel from December 2009 to December 2016. He has received 19 Emmy Awards and 5 awards from the National Press Club. Stossel has written three books: Give Me a Break , Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity , and No, They Can’t: Why Government Fails – But Individuals Succeed . After seven years at Fox, Stossel left to start Stossel TV, which you can find at JohnStossel.com, where he makes videos to teach young people about free markets. He makes about one video per week, averaging about 2 million views each. Roughly 10 million students per year discuss liberty and free markets as part of the “Stossel In the Classroom” program. Listen to the full InvestorHour podcast with John Stossel and host Dan Ferris by clicking right here.
A Conversation With John Stossel Reporter, educator, author, and libertarian
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