Stofflet, not Stossel
A Madison TV news anchor is having to explain — again — that he’s not longtime ABC news correspondent John Stossel.
John Stofflet, who anchors NBC-15’s 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts, received e-mails and calls recently saying he was going to give a speech about health care reform.
Stofflet thought it was a bit odd, but he suspected what was up.
It turns out that Stossel spoke at an event in Middleton last week.
Stofflet says the name mix-up started back in the 1980s during his first job at Madison’s ABC affiliate. He says he needed to call ABC in New York at one point. He was switched to a network producer who said, "Stossel? What the hell are you doing in Wisconsin?"
Stofflet says the name mix-ups have continued since then.

Sep 3, 2009 at 11:06 p.m.
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wow. i bet that story gets better and better at every christmas party.
Sep 3, 2009 at 10:25 p.m.
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Osama...Obama kinda thing?
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