John Stossel Complains About Coverage Of Michael Jackson’s Death
John Stossel, host of ABC’s Friday night newsmagazine 20/20 is peeved after the network pulled the plug on his five minute segment on Canada’s healthcare system to devote more time to coverage of the death of Michael Jackson.
John’s piece was set to air last Friday night, but was nixed in favor of running a memorial to the King of Pop.
“I am sick of the Michael Jackson coverage,” the journalist fumed on his blog page at abc.com on Wednesday. “I hate it that ABC didn’t run my piece.”
“Of course, maybe my bosses made the wrong choice,” Stossel wrote. “Maybe more viewers would have tuned in for my health care report. But the beauty of the market is that if they regularly choose wrong, they will go bankrupt.”
According to senior vice president of ABC News, Jeffrey Schneider, the piece was mainly a compilation of clips from previous specials and will air sometime later this month.
“It’s a very big moment in the culture,” Schnieder said of Jackson’s passing in a statement Wednesday. “And it’s a story that continues to develop hour by hour and day by day. There’s enormous interest in it.”
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On July 20th 2009, russianwomanca wrote:
Michael jackson had touched a lot of people worldwide than Canada’s healthcare system. The only ones who would be interested in canada’s healthcare system are canadians and i am sure michael got more fans in canada than their health care system. I used to admire john but nowi dont think i even like him anymore after being egoistic about his report
Shame on you john. People from aroound the world mourned michael’s death. STFU john