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big_dog

(4,144 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 02:52 PM Oct 2014

Fox Business Host John Stossel: Ebola Being Overhyped Like Climate Change ‘Especially By You Women’

Fox Business host John Stossel on Monday blamed the media and “especially” female news personalities for hyping the threat of Ebola.
Guest hosting on the Fox News show 'Outnumbered,' Stossel argued that President Barack Obama needed to calm the nation’s fears about Ebola.

“He should say this is an overhyped risk being pumped by news media like us, especially you women who are more scared of Ebola,” the libertarian news man quipped. “I’m being really sexist here,” Stossel added, as the four female co-hosts collectively gasped. “But there are real risks in life, but Ebola is — it may prove to be, it’s unlikely. It’s hard to catch,” he continued. “The regular flu kills thousands and thousands of people. There’s so much other stuff. Driving a car in the rain, promiscuous sex, drinking too much. There are real things to worry about. This distracts us from that.”

Co-host Sandra Smith speculated that an “uncertainty” about Ebola was “causing the hype.” “And it’s what they said about SARS, bird flu, flesh-eating bacteria, all of the stuff — global warming — that’s going to kill us,” Stossel replied. “John Stossel, picking on us for being women,” co-host Harris Faulkner said at the conclusion of the segment. “We’ll see what happens to you during the commercial.”

“You’re all wrong on this,” Stossel said.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/john-stossel-ebola-is-being-overhyped-like-climate-change-by-especially-you-women/
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Fox Business Host John Stossel: Ebola Being Overhyped Like Climate Change ‘Especially By You Women’ (Original Post) big_dog Oct 2014 OP
He's absolutely right about Ebola being overhyped. SheilaT Oct 2014 #1
he's a complete fing idiot samsingh Oct 2014 #3
Stossel is still sporting the porn mustache I see. eom MohRokTah Oct 2014 #2
he's a disgusting shit samsingh Oct 2014 #4
He thinks he's some kind of '80s sex symbol. Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #10
The right string, but the wrong Yo-Yo! Mike Nelson Oct 2014 #5
thats the only kind of clothing Murdoch has in wardrobe big_dog Oct 2014 #6
The amazing things about Outnumbered is that is makes Fox and Friends seem professsional Johonny Oct 2014 #7
Actually, the amazing thing about Fox News Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #11
You know us wimmenfolk just get so hysterical. tanyev Oct 2014 #8
That guy is such a clown davidn3600 Oct 2014 #9
 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
1. He's absolutely right about Ebola being overhyped.
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 02:54 PM
Oct 2014

Unfortunately, he's an idiot to connect it to climate change, and he's a sexist asshole for blaming women for the overhype.

Johonny

(20,829 posts)
7. The amazing things about Outnumbered is that is makes Fox and Friends seem professsional
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:09 PM
Oct 2014

and well researched. I can only imagine what the new Fox show designed to make Outnumbered seem good in comparison to will sound like.

 

davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
9. That guy is such a clown
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:53 PM
Oct 2014

Actually starts to make a good point about it being overhyped by media, but then he blows himself up by trying to connect it to climate change and then blaming women for it.

Talk about a misfire.

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