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November 23, 2005
‘20/20’ Co-anchor/Correspondent John Stossel to Deliver Brandt Foundation Lecture at Boise State Feb. 6
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The Boise State University College of Business and Economics, in conjunction with the John and Orah Brandt Foundation, will bring award-winning ABC News correspondent John Stossel to the Boise State campus on Feb. 6.
His lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in the
Jordan Ballroom of the Student Union Building and is free and open to the
public.
Stossel has been co-anchor of ABC News “20/20” since May 2003. He joined the
newsmagazine in 1981 and began doing one-hour primetime specials in 1994.
Stossel’s specials have earned him uncommon praise: “The most consistently
thought-provoking TV reporter of our time” said the Dallas Morning News,
while the Orlando Sentinel said he “has the gift for entertaining
while saying something profound.”
In addition to longer in-depth reports for “20/20” on subjects ranging from
addiction to parenting issues, Stossel is featured in a weekly segment
titled “Give Me a Break.” These short commentaries take a skeptical look at
a wide array of issues, from pop culture controversies to censorship and
government regulations.
In his talk at Boise State, titled “Freedom and its Enemies,” he will
discuss the benefits of individual freedom and free markets, and what he’s
learned in his 30-year journey from Portland, Ore., consumer reporter to his
current job as ABC’s in-house contrarian.
“Liberty is what made America great, yet little by little, Americans are
giving up that liberty,” Stossel said.
Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards and has been honored five times for
excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Among his other
awards are the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the
George Foster Peabody Award.
In his early years at ABC, Stossel was consumer editor at “Good Morning
America.” Prior to that he was a consumer reporter at WCBS-TV in New York
City. He began as a researcher for KGW-TV in Portland, Ore. Stossel is a
1969 graduate of Princeton University, with a bachelor’s degree in
psychology.
The Brandt Foundation pledged a $40,000 annual donation to the Boise State
College of Business and Economics in 2004 that created a named professorship
and secured funding for an annual lecture series. The inaugural lecture
featured Nobel Prize-winning economist James Buchanan.
For more information on Stossel’s talk, call 426-1335.
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Contact: Charlotte Twight, Brandt Professor of Free Enterprise
Capitalism, College of Business and Economics, (208) 426-1335,
ctwight@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Sherry Squires, University Communications, (208)
426-1563, ssquires@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on Thursday, December 22, 2005