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06/26/01: the John Stossel thing
Posted by: grundle2600@hotmail.com (grundle)
A year ago, he made an honest mistake in one of his shows. He later admitted his error, and aologized. Despite this, a certain left wing environmetnal group demanded that ABC fire him. Of course, they never make this demand when left wing reporters make errors. Their real goal is to censor their politcal oppenents.
The current situation is that during an interview with some kids, Stossel asked them if they believed that 100% of scientists agreed that global warming was happening. A left wing environmental group (same one as in above paragraph) pressured the parents to complain about this. Their goal is to prevent ABC from airing the show, because they don't want the media to talk about the fact that many schools have brainwashed the kids with all sorts of environmental propoganda. Once again, their goal is to censor their politcal opponents.
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06/26/01: Update! In this instance, John Stossel and ABC did nothing wrong.
Posted by: grundle2600@hotmail.com (grundle)
I'm posting the article in full. But there are a few things that I want to comment on in particular:
"The network noted that none of the parents complained until two months after the interviews were done, and not until after some of them had spoken to environmental activists."
See? ABC did nothing wrong. But the environmentalists don't want their critics to have a voice. The environmentalists convinced the parents to complain simply because the environmentalists don't want the opposing viewpoint to be heard.
"Stossel asks a group of children whether solar power should be used, and they all raise their hands to indicate yes. When he asks about nuclear power, none of them raise their hands."
See? ABC did nothing wrong. The only reason that the environemtnalists are trying to censor the report is because they don't want viewers to find out about this environmental brainwashing.
This whole thing is nothing more than the environmentalists attempt to censor their opponents.
ABC did nothing wrong.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010626/aponl ine181143_000.htm
ABC to Edit 'Tampering With Nature'
By David Bauder
AP Television Writer
Tuesday, June 26, 2001; 6:11 p.m. EDT
NEW YORK –– ABC agreed Tuesday to edit a special on the environment to remove interviews with several California children after their parents complained about the line of questioning by correspondent John Stossel.
The five-minute segment in Friday's special, "Tampering with Nature," will be replaced by a discussion of the parents' complaints, ABC spokesman Jeffrey Schneider said.
The parents, from the affluent Los Angeles section of Pacific Palisades, accused Stossel and his staff of misrepresenting the nature of their story and of trying to lead the children into giving answers that fit his point of view.
In a letter to ABC, they said they had withdrawn their consent to let ABC News speak to their children.
ABC, in a statement, backed Stossel's work and concluded the interviews were done "in a professional and responsible manner according to the highest journalistic standards."
The network noted that none of the parents complained until two months after the interviews were done, and not until after some of them had spoken to environmental activists.
"At the same time, ABC News is sensitive when parents raise objections regarding the appearance of their young children on television and will consider such objections carefully," ABC said. "In the present case, ABC News has decided it will respect the belated decision of a number of parents to withdraw their consent."
Michael Scott, a lawyer whose children Rachel, 10, and Zachary, 8, were interviewed, praised ABC News for its decision.
"If they were going to err, I would rather they err on the side of being more conservative and cautious, because they were children who were involved," Scott said.
According to a tape of the episode before the children's comments were edited out, they were featured in a segment that accuses educators of presenting only one side of an environmental debate in schools.
Stossel suggests the children are being indoctrinated by environmental activists and not educated.
Stossel asks a group of children whether solar power should be used, and they all raise their hands to indicate yes. When he asks about nuclear power, none of them raise their hands.
The unedited special also quotes a child who says that President Bush is intent on helping his friends in the oil industry.
A Washington-based lobbying group, Environmental Working Group, had supported the parents in their effort to get the interviews removed.
Stossel was forced to apologize last year for a misleading report on organic produce after EWG pointed out that the correspondent had cited results from a test that had never been taken. The lobbying group has called for Stossel to be fired.
© Copyright 2001 The Associated Press
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