John Stossel: I Exposed Mainstream Media Fear-Mongering From the Inside

About this episode

John Papola interviews John Stossel about his career in journalism and his views on media fear-mongering and libertarianism.

I sat down with libertarian reporter John Stossel to discuss his journey from pro-regulation consumer watchdog to small-government debunker of liberal economic dogma. We cover his accidental entry into journalism, his libertarian awakening, and why liberty is such a hard sell to the average person. John is a long-time critic of media fear-mongering, creating the 1994 ABC special “Are We Scaring You to Death?” His more than 50-year career has taken him from Portland local news to ABC, Fox Business, and now his independent venture, Stossel TV. _____________________________________ Follow John Stossel on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/JohnStossel?s=20 Watch Stossel TV on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@stosseltv?si=IYpeyB-fUcmL9JNz _____________________________________ Outline: [0:00] How John ended up in journalism [4:10] Has journalism changed over the years? [7:00] Liberty isn’t intuitive for most people [10:44] Exposing media fear-mongering [14:30] Was the media ever really trustworthy? [16:47] Is “corporate greed” actually dangerous? [21:40] The great communicators of economics [23:39] Conservative vs libertarians vs liberals [31:34] Steel-man the other side, then debunk it…

People in this episode

Host: John Papola

Guest: John Stossel

Topics covered

• media criticism
• libertarianism
• journalism
• fear-mongering
• government inefficiency
• economic communication
• Gen Z challenges

Keywords

• libertarian
• media
• fear-mongering
• journalism
• government
• economics
• Gen Z

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ABC, Fox Business, Stossel TV, YouTube

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