I Get To Interview John Stossel On Wednesday

[Stu]

Okay, you're probably wondering what a thread about the 20/20 co-anchor is doing here. Well, as some of you may already know, Stossel is the reporter who was slapped on the head by wrestler David Schultz more than 20 years ago for asking him if wrestling is fake. Here's the clip:

www.break.com/index/pro_wrestler_punches_reporter.html

My only problem is this happened a long time ago and the average person might not even care about it, so I'll likely have to ask him questions regarding current events and stuff, which is understandable. So in addition to showing all of you that exciting clip, I was wondering if anyone knew a way for me to ask a legitimate question about this incident. And by legitimate, I'm talking about giving my editors a valid reason why this even needs to be brought up.

[Ace Diamond]

Ask him if there's a lot of risk being an investigative journalist/his line of work. You can segue into that.

["Hollywood" Cactus Matt]

aodpilot said:

Ask him if there's a lot of risk being an investigative journalist/his line of work. You can segue into that.

Yeah, there ya go. Start with questions about on-location war coverage, ask if he would ever take that kind of risk, (or take that kind of risk again, as I am woefully unfamiliar with his work) blah blah blah, "Dr. D smacked you upside the head."

I'd mark.

Is this going to be on TV or in a newspaper or magazine?

[Stu]

cactusmatt said:

aodpilot said:

Ask him if there's a lot of risk being an investigative journalist/his line of work. You can segue into that.

Yeah, there ya go. Start with questions about on-location war coverage, ask if he would ever take that kind of risk, (or take that kind of risk again, as I am woefully unfamiliar with his work) blah blah blah, "Dr. D smacked you upside the head."

I'd mark.

Is this going to be on TV or in a newspaper or magazine?

Newspaper. I'm a reporter for the Palm Springs Desert Sun.