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5. Stossel styles himself as a consumer reporter, now?

Reply to Fritz Walter (Original post)

Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:34 AM

Apr 2016

Very odd. His entire career has been to run interference for sleazy companies and their lousy business practices under the libertarian rubric of free market competition. Now he's getting terrible customer service, is he? I'll be he's not feeling well physically with the cancer, maybe he's kind of scared, and he feels sort of beleaguered and alone.

I'd hazard a guess that Stossel the consumer reporter would tell Stossel the health care consumer, "Give me a break!" and badmouth the health care consumer for not taking a more proactive stance to ensure good service, and let the hospital off the hook. I wonder if Stossel will have anything to say about the tobacco company's perfectly legal, addictive, and deadly product that resulted in his lung cancer?

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Faux Noise's Stossel: "I have lung cancer... Customer service stinks!" [View all] Fritz Walter Apr 2016 OP

Wow. I never liked Stossel. I like him even less in light of closeupready Apr 2016 #1

I don't believe in karma, but I believe we need health care reform. RadiationTherapy Apr 2016 #2

So, he is just figuring out the results of his right wing, cut funding for more profit benefits. FarPoint Apr 2016 #3

He truly represents the privileged few. They don't understand what most people go through floriduck Apr 2016 #4

I wish him well also, but you are absolutely right, he is one of the privledged, getting still_one Apr 2016 #7

Stossel styles himself as a consumer reporter, now? gratuitous Apr 2016 #5

In his case I don't know if he smoked or not, but he did spew bullshit about how second still_one Apr 2016 #8

In reality he much more resembles a whiny shitstain Major Nikon Apr 2016 #9

What an asshole. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2016 #6

That video never gets old Major Nikon Apr 2016 #10

And John should know fake when he sees it! Fritz Walter Apr 2016 #15

Stoessel should just pick the best doctor that the free-market supplies. Jim__ Apr 2016 #11

Customer service varies. procon Apr 2016 #12

Perhaps he should save his commentary for the survey forms. Fritz Walter Apr 2016 #16

Perhaps if he'd sacrificed more of his humanity to the Almighty Ayn Rand Orrex Apr 2016 #13

Any Rand died of lung cancer Dirty Socialist Apr 2016 #17

While on Social Security. Orrex Apr 2016 #19

Stossell, the doctors kept you waiting because every time Aristus Apr 2016 #14

I remember Stossel's report on smoking Dirty Socialist Apr 2016 #18

I hope things work out well for him. They're giving it to him in the comments... kcass1954 Apr 2016 #20

try smoking more: if you die, your survivors know not to keep on smoking MisterP Apr 2016 #21