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ABC News and 20/20 correspondent, John Stossel, will be speaking at Capital University on Monday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mees Hall Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to all students, faculty,
staff, and the public-at-large.

Stossel, a winner of 19 Emmy awards, is known for his "Gimme a Break" segments on 20/20 and his various hour-long TV specials such as "Greed," "Is America Number 1?," "Sex, Drugs and Consenting Adults," and "Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death?," among others. He is clearly the most libertarian member of the mainstream media.

His lecture topic is "Pandering to Fear: The Media's Crisis Mentality." Every day, newspapers and television warn us of new dangers in our complex modern world. With the world apparently getting more dangerous all the time, we have to wonder how life expectancy keeps on growing. John Stossel will explore the real risks in modern life, why the media hypes unrealistic fears, and why readers and viewers fall for it.

Capital University is located in Bexley, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. For a campus map, visit: http://www.capital.edu/admissio/admmap3.htm

For more information contact:
Robert A. Lawson, Ph.D.
George H. Moor Professor of Economics
Capital University
614-236-6138
rlawson@capital.edu