John Stossel Leaving ABC For Fox (Surprise!!!)

[kskiska]

John Stossel, the longtime ABC News correspondent and co-anchor of "20/20," is leaving ABC to join Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. TVNewser has learned Stossel will host a weekly, one-hour program for the 2-year-old business channel. He's expected to signed a multi-year deal with Fox which will include regular appearances on Fox News Channel during daytime and primetime. He'll also host four, hour-long specials on Fox News, much like the business/consumer specials he'd hosted for years on ABC.

Stossel, a libertarian, has been appearing on Fox News for years as a guest on shows including "The O'Reilly Factor," "Hannity & Colmes" and "The Big Story."

Stossel joined "20/20" in 1981 and was upped to co-anchor in 2003. TVNewser has learned there was a window in Stossel's ABC contract which allowed him to jump to Fox.

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http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/john_stossel_leaving_abc_for_fox_130603.asp

[hatrack]

1. Fox Business Channel! Ooh! Both his future viewers must be THRILLED!!

:evilgrin:

[live love laugh]

30. Fox and "Business"???!??!! Does...Not...Compute. Head Going

to.Explode.

[Taverner]

2. Libertarian? Try DOUCHEBAG!

[Thickasabrick]

31. LOL....totally....wish we were having another sticky campaign..... nt

[aquart]

3. Long overdue.

[HughMoran]

4. Phew!! He chose to discredit himself rather than pretend to be unbiased

Well, now his "joke" status is official!

[Missy Vixen]

5. You're kidding!

I never saw this one coming. Did you?

:rofl:

How long till Elisabeth Hasselbeck is over there, too?

:woohoo:

[WeDidIt]

6. Now if only they'd hire Pat (Hitler was a good guy) Buchanan away from MSNBC

the Fox News channel will be well on their way to completing their lineup of fascist bastards.

[nyc 4 Biden]

32. I have a deal for Fox... Take Pat Buchanan & we'll throw in...

Chuck Todd and David Gregory for free. MSNBC might as well keep Morning Joe, at least he doesn't pretend to be objective.

[DevonRex]

7. Thank God. That's where he should have been all along anyway.

I haven't watched any ABC show since that disastrous "debate" last year. I wonder if it was ABC's choice to let him go or if Stossel decided to leave on his own.

[oldtime dfl_er]

8. GOOD RIDDANCE

At least now I don't have to change the channel when his mug comes on, since I never put it on that channel to begin with.

[MajorChode]

10. +1

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. John Stasshole has found his true home.

[Gabi Hayes]

11. the obligatory:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ&feature=related

[HughBeaumont]

12. Stossel is a libertarian like I'm a member of the Birch society.

Stossel's a goddamned Puke who, like most right-leaning Libertarians, is afraid to admit he's one.

[Political Tiger]

13. Maybe now I can watch 20/20 again.

I haven't watched it once since he became host.

[NNN0LHI]

14. Isn't a libertarian just a republican who smokes pot?

:shrug:

[MajorChode]

16. No. A libertarian is an anarchist that lacks commitment

[TheKentuckian]

28. Make that an asshole anarchist that lacks commitment and you're pitch perfect (nt)

[MajorChode]

33. A bit redundant, don't you think?

[MajorChode]

15. I hope they put this clip on his last episode of 20/20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ

It was his finest moment.

[Mabus]

19. I could watch that over and over again.

:thumbsup:

[MajorChode]

20. I often do

[Stevenmarc]

17. He's been a flying sphincter since 1981, he should be happy with his, hmmmm, clan over there

[TheCoxwain]

18. Please take that POS Lou Dobbs with you ..

[truebrit71]

21. WHAT?!!! I am SO surprised...

...

[Viking12]

22. Where's Dr. D when we need him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ

[madinmaryland]

23. Huh? I thought he had been on Fox Noise for several years.

[libodem]

24. Go Figure

Ever since his program saying that the world's population would only fill up Texas so therefore there is no over-population problem, I knew he was getting his talking points from some conservative outfit. Asshole. Van Jones, was never more correct in his assessment, than on this one.

[lpbk2713]

25. Good.

That means I'll never see him again.



:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

[madokie]

26. Someone needs to put a bug in murdock's ear for pat pukecannon

his nazi ass would fit right in over there. :rofl: damned if I don't surprise myself sometimes;-):rofl:

[Fla Dem]

27. Wonderful news. Now I can enjoy 20/20 again. Hasta la vista, baby!

[Daphne08]

29. He's found his true home. n/t

[robinlynne]

34. good riddance.

[blueworld]

35. He belongs on the 2-year-olds Business Channel

And I'm really glad all the nuts are being piled in one basket. Cleanup's a breeze:)