Last Friday 20/20's John Stossel was slated to present a five-minute piece on Canada's abysmal government-run healthcare system and what do you know, it was yanked in favor of nonstop Michael Jackson coverage.
So much for presenting both sides of an issue.
Needless to say, Stossel isn't happy about it.
JOHN Stossel is telling his own network "Give me a break!" after it pulled his health-case insurance segment off the air to give more time to the death of Michael Jackson.So it contains some clips? Big deal. The ObamaCare telethon contained a nonstop series of staged events and a filibuster from Obama himself.
"I am sick of the Michael Jackson coverage," the "20/20" co-host wrote on his blog page at abc.com. "I hate it that ABC didn't run my piece."
He was apparently upset after the network decided to hold his piece on Canada's health-care system -- set to air last Friday night, the day after Jackson died -- in favor of a memorial to the King of Pop.
"Free markets sometimes encourage pandering to the masses," Stossel wrote on his blog. But "I still say, bless the market. The good outweighs the bad."
Using the network's own Web site to complain about its news decisions is pretty unusual.
According to senior vice president of ABC News, Jeffrey Schneider, the piece in question was a five-minute segment that contained some new reporting, but was mainly a compilation of clips from previous specials.
Where is the new reporting in that propaganda?
Other than Jake Tapper, Stossel is one of the few credible sources appearing on ABC News. Conveniently removing his segment two days after the Obamathon seems very weak, especially considering it was five minutes during an avalanche of Jackson coverage.
Credit to Stossel for speaking up about yet another black eye for ABC.
Here are some thoughts from Stossel on the Canadian system. No wonder ABC censored him.
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