Fox News: John Stossel An Analyst, "Not Part Of The Hard News Division At Fox News"

With all the attention surrounding the White House's claims that Fox News is not a legitimate news network, it may have come as surprise to hear that Fox Business' latest hire, John Stossel, would be appearing at an anti-health care reform rally.

Greg Sargent wrote:

Yes, Stossel is an on-air personality. But at a time when Fox is embroiled in a high-profile battle with the White House over its legitimacy as a news outlet, it seems less than helpful for one of its proudly touted journalists to participate in an event decrying Obama's health care reform proposals as "government-forced health care."

A Fox News spokesperson, however, explained that Stossel is an analyst for the network, and not a hard news journalist.

"John Stossel is not part of the hard news division at Fox News," the spokesperson told the Huffington Post. "He serves as an occasional analyst for some of the network's programming and will host specials and a forthcoming primetime program on FOX Business Network."

Comments

[StewartIII]

The Double Standard About Journalists' Bias
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/04/the_double_standard_about_journalists_bias__99003.html
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[Michael Shanley]

Spin, Spin, Sugarrrrr.

[Angry23]

There's a hard news division at Fox?

[ldmason45]

The wh, pres and most libs just can't get the concept that talk show analyst and talk show commentators are totally separate from the actual FOX News team. John Stossel is on the FOX Business Network. Hannity. O'Reilly and Beck are political talk show commentators. This would be like me mistakenly thinking Matthews and Olberman and Maddox were the news team on msnbc. Just because they are on a cable news channel doesn't make them journalist or "news people" much less that they are being honest about anything they are saying. This is like saying Oprah and Dr. Phil needs to make sure they put everything Obama in a good light because nbc does have a news team also. I guess you could say they are a news channel too. Oh My !!! Last time I checked John Stossel is entitled to his own opinion even if it's not the same view as the pres, wh and libs.

[Angry23]

ldmason45: Where is Fox's "regular" newsteam? That's what I need to know.

[KellyKay]

I remember him defending sweat shops by saying the women would be prostitutes if they weren't they were not working 15 hours a day seven days a week for extremely low wages.
How about a decent wage, decent hours, with a day or two off. "Give me a brake" he says. No give the women and girls a brake.

[TruthCrusader]

There's a Hard News division at Fox?

[spiderbucket]

ALL Fox News is hard news.

Hard to believe.

[pov]

He'd make a better game show host, kind of like a new Alex Trebek.

[ZenBastard]

Karl Rove
Glenn Beck
Laura Ingraham
Charles Krauthammer
Newt Gingrich
Michelle Malkin
Brit Hume
Dick Morris

All of the above are "Fox News Analysts". So, by Fox's own logic, they're not part of the "hard news division" and therefore anything they say doesn't hold any weight.

[rcampbell]

Hard News Division?

Hannity?
O'Reilly?
Rivera?
Cavuto?
Beck?
The threesome AM talkfest?
Who? Where? What "Hard News Division"?

[patches36]

Have you watched him on ABC? He is a total llibertarian. He doesnt want government in any part of our lives, including marraige and drug use or not. If you watched him on Bill O'Reilly he was way uncomfotable on his views because Mr. O'reillly was very conserative, especially on leagalization of drugs. Mr. o'Reilly is not a hard case.

[Json]

So who does FOX news think their "hard news" people are?
Are Hannity and O'reilly considered "hard news"? Beck?

(I'm not trying to be snarky here. I'm really curious which people FOX think are 'objective­'.)

[StillAmused]

Stossel is a whiney malcontent.

... but the real shocker is learning that FOX has a "hard news" division. When do they plan to inaugurate it? Will there be a cable surcharge?

[EagleFliesInSky]

LOL! Exactly!

When Stossel spoke recently on health care at a local forum, he was laughed at and booed. He's clueless and belongs at Faux News.

I suppose he couldn't find anything sensational to report on for the cable channels so now, he's an analyst? Hard-ly.

[Kevins]

This shows that the White House was right.
It does help focus attention to point out that a real news organization is not a political propaganda machine.

[Kevins]

Is he out there fighting against health care
with the whole Fox Tea Party gang?

Wearing funny hats and screaming incoherently--as befits a newsman?