Stossel reports standing in the cold will not give you a cold in the winter. ABCNEWS.com Lies, Myths and Downright Stupidity Stossel's List of Popularly Reported Misconceptions Commentary By John Stossel ABCNEWS.com Jan. 23— Can going out in the cold give you a cold? Is life getting worse? Can money buy happiness? You may be among the many who would answer yes to these questions. You'd be wrong. There are a lot of popularly held beliefs out there that simply aren't true. Yet the media tend to report on many of them as though they were hard facts. Here's my...