John Stossel didn’t set out to be a TV news reporter. He kind of stumbled into it after college, When a friend got him an entry-level job at a TV station in Portland, Oregon.
After making his mark there, despite stage fright and a stutter, Stossel was hired away by WCBS-TV in New York where he further built his journalism reputation. Later he joined ABC News, where he co-anchored “20/20,” and
and after that Fox News.
And along the way he won 19 Emmys, not bad for a kid who hadn’t planned to be a journalist.
As an iconic reporter with a libertarian bent, Stossel’s signature phrase was “Give me a break!” You may remember his TV specials by that name.
So that’s what he also called his first book, published in 2004. I talked with them shortly after the book came out.
So here now, from 2004, John Stossel.
John Stossel is 78. He now runs Stossel TV.