John Stossel

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Connecticut

How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media...

Ballooning government? Millionaire welfare queens? Tort lawyers run amok? A $330,000 outhouse, paid for with your tax dollars? John Stossel says, "Give me a break." When he hit the airwaves thirty years ago, Stossel helped create a whole new category of news, dedicated to protecting and informing consumers. As a crusading reporter, he chased snake-oil peddlers, rip-off artists, and corporate thieves, winning the applause of his peers. But along the way, he noticed that there was something far more troublesome going on: While the networks screamed about the dangers of exploding BIC lighters and coffeepots, worse risks were ignored. And while reporters were teaming up with lawyers and legislators to stick it to big business, they seldom reported the ways the free market made life better. In Give Me a Break, Stossel explains how ambitious bureaucrats, intellectually lazy reporters, and greedy lawyers make your life worse even as they claim to protect your interests. Taking on such sacred cows as the FDA, the War on Drugs, and scaremongering environmental activists -- and backing up his trademark irreverence with careful reasoning and research -- he shows how the problems that government tries and fails to fix can be solved better by the extraordinary power of the free market. He traces his journey from cub reporter to 20/20 co-anchor, revealing his battles to get his ideas to the public, his struggle to overcome stuttering, and his eventual realization that, for years, much of his reporting missed the point. Stossel concludes the book with a provocative blueprint for change: a simple plan in the spirit of the Founding Fathers to ensure that America remains a place "where free minds -- and free markets -- make good things happen."

Give Me a Break

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How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats,and Scam Artists and Be Came the Scourge of the Liberal Media





John Stossel is the king of consumer reporting. Working as a correspondent for "20/20" and "Good Morning America," he has confronted dozens of scam artists, from hacks who work out of their basements to some of America's most powerful executives and leading politicians. His efforts have won him 19 Emmys and shut down numerous crooks, both famous and obscure, who feed on America's most vulnerable citizens.

In his crusade to protect consumers, Stossel believed for years that the government was the best line of defense against greedy wrong-doers, but after repeatedly witnessing our economic and political leaders' expensive, ineffectual solutions first hand, Stossel had an epiphany: free markets are actually the consumer's best friend.

In Give Me a Break, Stossel takes America to task. Using his signature style, he admonishes the regulators, the lawyers, and the politicians who thrive on our hysteria about risk and deceive the public in the name of safety. Drawing from his vast professional experiences (as well as some personal ones), Stossel advances engaging, thought-provoking arguments about the constructive, beneficial powers of the free market and free speech that will resonate with many who agree that America is quickly deteriorating into a litigation-happy society where fear of being sued dominates decision making.

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Est. Publication Date - Apr 2004

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Format - Hardcover

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Est. Publication Date - Apr 2004

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