ABC's John Stossel: 'I Hate It That ABC Didn’t Run My Piece'

John Stossel on Monday blogged about the fact that ABC bumped a planned segment of his that is skeptical towards universal health care, saying, "Yes, I am sick of the coverage of Michael Jackson. I hate it that ABC didn’t run my piece." According to TV Newser, the report, which would have aired on the June 26 edition of 20/20, has now been rescheduled for the July 17 edition of the show.

The five minute segment will look at the problems that countries such as Canada and Britain have faced with government-run health care. In an online version of the story, Stossel (see file photo above), Andrew Sullivan and Andrew Kirell wrote, "In England, shortages of dentists have caused hundreds of people to wait in line just for an appointment. The queues can be so long that some people have resorted to pulling out their own rotting teeth, using vodka and pliers as tools."

Stossel concluded his blog post by accepting the Michael Jackson coverage as an indicator of the free market: "Free markets sometimes encourage pandering to the masses. I still say, bless the market. The good outweighs the bad."

—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.