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February 17, 2006
Sign him up!Fresh off polishing his credentials as one of America's leading public school critics, John Stossel, the co-anchor of ABC News' 20/20 program, which included this greatest hit, is a featured speaker at an invitation-only briefing by a South Carolina pro-voucher group next week. Who'd have thunk it, eh? This isn't the first time Stossel has spoken to a pro-voucher group and we're sure it won't be his last.
Still, we got a laugh when we saw the notice from the South Carolina Policy Council and South Carolinians for Responsible Government Foundation inviting people to a "special briefing on school choice with John Stossel."
The latter group, the one "for responsible government", made news of its own last year when it got caught sending bogus letters-to-the-editor in support of a sweeping tuition tax credit plan that the state legislature later rejected. All kinda makes sense doesn't it? A group that manufactured a grassroots movement invites a pseudo-journalist to give a briefing on an important policy issue. Birds of a feather flock together.
We know what you're wondering. Is Stossel being paid by the pro-voucher group? We would have to guess the answer is no. A national network would not want one of its most prominent "journalists" already known for one-sided reports taking money on the side from an advocacy group. That would be unseemly.
No word on whether this gentleman is among the invitees to Stossel's special briefing.
Posted February 17, 2006 3:09 PM | Privatization & Choice
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