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You left out discredited psuedo-journalist Jim Stossel who Paul said would make a "very good running mate."
What do you have against Stossel?
You left out discredited psuedo-journalist Jim Stossel who Paul said would make a "very good running mate."
What do you have against Stossel?
What do you have against Stossel?
He has libertarian leanings.
Two people who have been suggested with no sense of commitment are economist Walter Williams and South Carolina Governor and former Congressman Mark Sanford.
RJS I don't recall asking for any of your genius.
What do you have against Stossel?
Cultivating the Truth About Organics
I WATCHED IN DISBELIEF as John Stossel, co-anchor of ABC's ``20/20,'' delivered a half-hearted apology August 11 for falsifying evidence in a report that claimed organic produce is potentially more dangerous than food raised using toxic agrochemicals, antibiotics, added hormones, genetically engineered seeds and massive animal-feeding factories.
In his apology, Stossel did admit that some tests he relied on to support his conclusion had never been conducted. But he shrugged that off as a minor oversight, maintaining that because organic farmers favor manure and other natural fertilizers over synthetic chemicals, organic produce carries a greater risk of E. coli infection and ``could kill you.'' What wasn't mentioned is that most of the manure spread on land in the United States is, in fact, used by conventional farmers. The difference is that organic farmers are the only ones required to farm in a way that might minimize the risk of E. coli or other food-borne illness. Organic certification standards require that all raw manure is applied to the fields or orchards at least 60 days, and sometimes as many as 120 days, before the produce is harvested -- a period that allows for ecological processes that eliminate harmful microbes. (The pathogens become food for other soil organisms or degrade from exposure to the elements).
Conventional growers, in contrast, can spray on raw, uncomposted manure (even on fruits and veggies that are but days from being harvested), in addition to human sewage sludge and slurry from industrial animal farms -- all practices that are explicitly forbidden under organic regulations.
http://www.commondreams.org/views/082100-103.htm
Stossel Tampers with the Facts
John Stossel plays by a different set of rules than other journalists, as demonstrated most recently by "Tampering with Nature," a one-hour special that aired on ABC on June 29.
As is often the case, Stossel's reporting relied on biased sources, twisted facts and the exclusion of information that might conflict with his thesis.
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1682
Debating A Pathological Liar on CNBC
Yesterday afternoon, I was asked to appear on CNBC’s Kudlow & Cramer to debate ABC News “reporter” John Stossel. You remember him - he’s known for being a pathological liar. And on the show yesterday, Stossel’s disdain for the truth was on full display.
There are a bunch of desperate lies in just this one exchange. There is the sky-is-not-blue lie about the minimum wage supposedly hurting job growth (a lie) and hurting low-income workers (a blatant lie). Then, cornered, Stossel tries to change the subject. When he can’t, he resorts to another lie, claiming I have written something on his Amazon page (I did proudly call him a pathological liar on the Huffington Post, but not on his Amazon page.
Then, in a crescendo of dishonesty appropriate for a pathological liar, Stossel reaches for the first liberal economist that comes to his mind (in this case Robert Reich) and claims that the data about states, wages and job growth are from just “one study” from Reich and that this supposed “one study” has been “widely discredited by every serious economist who looked at this.” Of course, none of this is from a “study” - it’s the cold, hard fact, gleaned from simple arithmetic: states that have raised their minimum wage above the federal level have created jobs at a better clip than those that have not.
http://davidsirota.com/index.php/2006/06/17/debating-a-pathological-liar-on-cnbc/
Stossel is a discredited psuedo-journalist who has no qualifications to even be considered as a serious candidate for Vice President of the United States, standing behind a 72 year-old man, who if he dies in office, would become the President.
Surely you can see the illogic of such a choice.
I'm not going to say John Stossel should be VP because I don't believe he should be. But I will argue on his behalf that saying he is discredited is a matter of opinion and not fact.
David Sirota says that the claim that minimum wage growth hurts jobs is a lie and hurts low wage workers is a blatant lie. Well, that happens to be a matter of opinion and not fact. Many of the top economists in the world will argue the same point Stossel made. Now it is possible to say one disagrees with that position but to say they are (blatant) lies is incorrect.
No wonder Ron Paul supporters never get laid.
They're almost all MALE
Donor Demographics:
*Ron Paul- Male Doners 81.5%, Female Donors 18.5%
* Barak Obama - Male Donors 58%, Female 41%
opensecrets.org
Why, its almost like Ron Paul supporters are socially-challenged, young male college boys!
just teasing.
No wonder Ron Paul supporters never get laid.
They're almost all MALE
Donor Demographics:
*Ron Paul- Male Doners 81.5%, Female Donors 18.5%
* Barak Obama - Male Donors 58%, Female 41%
opensecrets.org
Why, its almost like Ron Paul supporters are socially-challenged, young male college boys!
just teasing.