Gallup polls show that most people don't trust the media. Good. They shouldn't.

Tonight, we'll look at today's media and what we do wrong.

We (I include myself) sacrifice important news time for stories that are mostly shallow entertainment. Megyn Kelly, host of America Live, joins us to discuss... continue reading »

There's some web chatter (here and here) about "unfair" editing of our Students for Liberty Show -- saying we replaced boos with cheers in response to an answer from Ambassador Bolton.

This is nonsense. We do edit (the full tape of the event was well over an hour). But we don't replace anything.

Here's the full, unedited version of the question and answer between Bolton and that student.

... continue reading »

My government spends trillions of our tax dollars and has the legal right to use violent force against us. I want to trust them. But can I? This week, we try to answer that question with the help of our guests.

Political pollster and word analyst Frank Luntz says politicians consistently mislead us, but rarely get caught due to the careful choice of phrases... continue reading »

Once again, the news media are upset about a chemical. MSNBC headlines:

"BPA in pregnancy linked to behavior problems in baby girls"

Mother Jones reports:

"BPA Makes Little Girls Anxious and Depressed"... continue reading »

The economic illiteracy of my colleagues continues to baffle me. Or maybe it’s just intellectual laziness.

This weekend, the Washington Post ran this headline:

"BIGGEST CUTS IN U.S. HISTORY."

The Los Angeles Times agreed, saying the politicians were:

"SLASHING GOVERNMENT."

President Obama also called it: “The largest annual spending cut in our history.”... continue reading »

Tonight I will fight with Bill O’Reilly about “what must be done” in response to the shooting in Arizona. O’Reilly says, “new laws that provide greater safety for public officials should be considered.  We simply cannot have chaos at this level.” But we don’t have “chaos.” America is safer than ever.  Crime is down.  Political assassinations are rare.  They were once much more common.  Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy were murdered.  So were Senators James Hinds, Huey Long, Robert Kennedy and Rep. Leo Ryan... continue reading »

For years, I reported on every scare someone brought me.  Dangerous chemicals ... nuclear threats ... food additives ... But eventually I got to the point where I said, "Wait!  My TV show hypes everything.  Every night we say 'watch out, this could kill you.'  Shouldn't part of our job be to put risk in perspective?  Some things are much more likely to hurt us than others.” So I spent a year researching what *is* most likely to kill us... continue reading »

Last week, Canada announced it will ban the chemical “BPA” – a chemical used to make plastic bottles and canned goods. Environmental activists, like the head of the Canadian “Evironmental Defence”, were thrilled:

Kudos to the federal government… We look forward to seeing BPA legally designated as 'toxic' as soon as possible." ... continue reading »

I’ve been skeptical about Twitter.  IT folks at ABC called it a passing fad, but now I’m giving it a try. I may never have 300,000 followers like my friend Glenn Beck … or 6 million like Lady Gaga, but it’s nice to interact with as much of my audience as I can.  I will post behind-the-scenes pictures, previews of my upcoming shows and specials, and video clips. You can follow me at @FBNStossel

Earlier this week, Progressive websites were buzzing with the latest "defection" in the global warming debate: Bjorn Lomborg, the "Skeptical Environmentalist"... continue reading »