abstract:The Power of Belief was an ABC News Special aired on October 6, 1998, hosted by John Stossel. Stossel examines popular claims of therapeutic touch, psychic detectives, faith healing voodoo curses, channelling, and the media's lack of inquiry into pseudoscience.
The movie is one ofthe most beautifully animated ofthe year, and combines high-paced action with a nice, touching story ofbelief in thepowerof fun and wonder over fear.
As with his countless speeches that lead ultimately to an expression ofthe president's belief in the unbounded powerof government to do good, he began in Columbus with an insight that we can all pretty much embrace, at least in the abstract.