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A Teflon Correspondent
Dowie, Mark | January 7, 2002 issue

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The article focuses on reporter John Stossel. He has given new meaning to the old journalistic maxim "Follow the money." People who worked with him in the early 1980s at WCBS-TV in New York remember an easygoing, dedicated reporter who produced reliable though somewhat lightweight stories exposing a vast array of minor consumer frauds and business abuses. He signed a seven-figure, three-year contract with American Broadcasting Co. and gained the right to produce four one-hour specials a year on topics of his choice, along with a staff of eight assistants to produce them.

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STOSSEL, John; AMERICAN Broadcasting Co.; TELEVISION broadcasting -- United States; CONSUMER fraud; TELEVISION stations; UNITED States
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