John Stossel: “Now That I’m At Fox, Critics Are Leaping To Attack Me”

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by Steve Krakauer | 9:04 am, November 4th, 2009

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John Stossel is one of the new Fox News/Fox Business Network hires, and, as he told Bill O’Reilly last night, he’s already starting to get a much different reaction from the media world and in personal interactions than when he worked for ABC News.

O’Reilly, of course, loved this.

The jumping off point for the discussion was this New York Times story last week, that brought up the potential conflict of interest from Stossel speaking at an Americans for Prosperity forum. The group, writes Brian Stelter, consists of “opponents of a Democratic health care overhaul.”

“I make speeches, I make about 25 a year, I’ve done that for years,” said Stossel on The Factor. “And suddenly now that I’m at Fox, critics are leaping to attack me, according to the New York Times.”

In fact, Stossel said “when I worked for ABC three months ago I also made three speeches for this group.”

O’Reilly wasn’t surprised, and he warned Stossel of what he was in for:

Now that you’re here, and Glenn Beck found this on very quickly when he came over from CNN…You committed a Cardinal sin of all time – you left a liberal network and you went to a traditional right-leaning network so you’re never ever going to be liked again by anyone. Does that make you sad?

It will be interesting to see how these weekly exchanges between Stossel and O’Reilly go. So far, the former ABC anchor has appeared almost timid when faced with the imposing O’Reilly, but that’s likely to change as he gets more comfortable in his hosting role. A main point Stossel pressed last night was about bias and having an opinion – “we all do, I just admit mine,” he said at one point. This idea will ingratiate him to the O’Reilly model. On the other hand, his insistence about living among the New York City non-’folks’ in O’Reilly’s mind will drive them apart (also – he wants heroin legalized).

Here’s the O’Reilly segment last night:

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ImNotBlue

Is anyone still surprised when they hear yet another story from a journalist about how biased the news outlets are? Left-wing opinion is accepted as fact, because the newsrooms are so homogenous, nobody realizes it’s an “opinion.” When someone dares to say something different than the group think, they get called out on it… even if it’s stated first as “their opinion.”

Furthermore, O’Reilly’s correct in stating that folks at FOX will get more criticism than any other network (really, just look at the number of Mediaite stories about FOX, then look for the stories about everyone else). Part of this is just because FOX is so much more popular the competition, so you’d expect them to be talked about more often. But, most of it is because FOX doesn’t tow the same line as the other networks, so anything they say gets increased scrutiny, increased criticism, and a fair amount of hate from those who don’t tolerate differences of opinions (and thusly can’t recognize their own opinion). Stossel’s story is a perfect example of how FOX brings in extra scrutiny, and hypocritical hate from the left.
oneifbyland

The left is hypocritical and they say they are. It is fun to watch them squirm when facts come out. They will not debate real issues. Unfortunately the communist have hijacked the Democratic party; They are infiltrating the Republican party. The elite are intentionally doing economic sabotage. They do not even understand their own Marxist philosopher. Good will always prevail. The situation we are currently in is just about MONEY. The first amendment begins the Bill of Rights. My favorite is the ninth amendment. ” Liberty, Liberty, Liberty!”