She gave us "The Secret", what other dumb things has Oprah done?

I'm not saying that Oprah's endorsement of Obama is dumb. It may be one of her better moves. But this IS the woman who coronated (sorta) GW Bush (remember that appearance on her show, the kiss, etc.?).

Anyway, I'm writing a little article and need some dumb Oprah stuff. Can ya'll help?

Exhibit A: Set Dr. Phil loose upon the world.

Edit: Let me just say, I don't hate Oprah or Obama (he's probably my second choice, actually). But you gotta admit she ain't always a great (or smart) democrat.

That stupid woman.

Why does Oprah Winfrey support child molestation?

Yes, that must be Oprah's fault!

That BITCH!!! :sarcasm:

Then maybe they should consider her ability to hire screeners in order to prevent molestation as a priority.

To put it another way, are you really concerned about the victim, or are you just muckraking?

take your weak shit elsewhere.

as another poster mentioned, it was one person and they were dealt with accordingly.

will she do that at the rallies?

That BITCH!!!!! :sarcasm:

I never heard about new cars for homeless people.

Were they supposed to live in them? You need an address to register a car


Insurance companies require an address too. This seems absurd. I don't believe it

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She just got credit for it.

I seriously doubt it.

She used her mic to help the women and help Pontiac.

So what? That's called a win-win.

Just pointing out that "she gave everyone a car" is an inaccurate statement.

Setting up a marketing exercise and spending one's own cash on a couple hundred cars are two entirely different things.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/13/entertainment/main643141.shtml

So far, Pontiac executives are confident. They say visits to its Web site are eight times higher than normal, and that local dealers have reported an increase in calls inquiring about the car, which is reaching showrooms over the next few weeks.

Mary Kubitskey, Pontiac's advertising manager, said the company was looking to reach women, who are Winfrey's primary audience.

The company approached Winfrey about doing a giveaway, but the event grew in scope — and Pontiac decided to gamble by spending a chunk of what would have been used on traditional advertising, Kubitskey said.

"Quite frankly, we have a car no one has ever heard of. We knew we had to go really big, and she was the holy grail for us," Kubitskey said.

Officials at Winfrey's talk show stress that her motivation for the Pontiac giveaway was to fulfill wishes as part of this season's "wildest dreams come true" theme.

A majority of the audience members were there because a friend or family member had written in about their need for a car. Some however, were just lucky enough to get tickets for that day, said Carly Ubersox, a spokeswoman for the show.

"This wasn't a marketing plan on our end. This was a way for us to kick off our season about wildest dreams in the most impactful way," she said.

She gave the world "Dr." Phil, and that's enough for me! I can't stand him.

What I don't like about her is that she seems to think that everyone has a problem and that it's her job to fix it.

fortune using it for her entertainment program. Do you know what percentage she gives away? I don't and would be interested in knowing.

It's not just Oprah donating. It's her Angel network, people donating small amts.

She also kicks in.

Do-nothing, psycho-emotional vampirism IS a reality; Oprah should be more careful about stimulating it.

YUCK!!! he is repulsive

She thought she was bigger than the system. She is all ego.

but what business has she with having so much money in the first place?

I can't get off on people who become stinking rich then say, "Hey look at me, I am a wonderful example of what life is all about."

Dr. Phil is part of the problem in America. Superficial BS.

If people would start working with each other, listening to each, showing tolerance , we would not have a situation in which a bozo like Phil could make millions with millions rushing out to buy his brand of roll-on deodorant.

And made that Texas town not only respect her but like her. Oh wait...

She was giving away stuff. Totally irrational, irrelevant stuff. Man-in-wheelchair thought it was going to be some kind of therapy. And it was: "A SUIT OF ARMOR!1"

whose memoir* A Million Little Pieces turned out to have been fabricated in large part.

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/the_great_pretenders.html

Compared to O.J.’s crass opportunism, the James Frey scandal seemed tame. But it had wider implications for publishers. Released in spring 2003, Frey’s drug addiction memoir, A Million Little Pieces, had been doing boffo business. In September 2005, it received the ultimate approbation: it became an Oprah’s Book Club pick. Winfrey deemed it inspirational, and as with all of Oprah’s selections, book sales went berserk. But in January ’06, the website The Smoking Gun revealed that many of the book’s claims — about Frey’s drug benders and his subsequent incarcerations — had been embellished. As time wore on, Frey lost more and more credibility. Finally, on Jan. 26, Oprah called Frey and his editor, Nan Talese, to the carpet. On national television, Frey was forced to admit that much of the book was a fabrication. Doubleday, Frey’s publisher, appended a lengthy preface to all new editions of the book. Frey’s agent dropped him. Despite all that, A Million Little Pieces remained a sales juggernaut.

throughout the 90s on every outstanding matter that came up allowed BushInc to grow stronger and develop a network for Bush2.


http://consortiumnews.com/2006/111106.html

There should never have BEEN a Bush2 possible. No 9-11. No Iraq war.

Now we are on the verge of full on global fascism all because a Dem president chose to side with protecting the secrecy and privilege of Poppy Bush and his cronies when they were at their weakest point.

Oprah was one of the very early promoters of the charlatan Deepak Chopra. Of course, I remember PBS affiliates running his crap lectures during pledge drives as well.

It might be fun to go through and compile a list of every fraud and charlatan Oprah has helped promote and/or actively endorsed on her show.

the bigger (more sensational) the coverage of their mistakes....

I do think she learns from those mistakes. Sadly many do not...

What a worthless POS hack she is. :eyes:

Building Oprah Katrina Homes

http://www.oprah.com/uyl/katrina/uyl_katrina_main.jhtml

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Oprah asked her viewers to open their hearts and they did.
As of August 2007, donations to Oprah's Angel Network in response to Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita total $15.6 million. Over the past two years, nearly 300 homes have been built or restored
in eight communities across four states—Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama.

done a lot of good in this world but, like many of us..she's not perfect.

In this age of fascism when our m$$$$m is corporatewhorecentral..I think it's important for whomever to get involved in politics even more so. Ophra wants Obama.. I read Adam Sandler wants doody ghouliani..go figure.

Btw-I do think Obama is another of her "dumb things". I don't want a Dino Fundie Preacher as president. :puke:

BTW-the only "good thing" Oprah's done this year is a show on Autism. A show that people have been begging her to do for years and years and years. Funny how she decides to do the show when Autism hits celebrities like Jenny McCarty & Holly Robinson Peete- not her average viewer who has helped her make her millions. :eyes:

And I say this as someone who used to think the world of her. I don't anymore. Yeah, she's done good, but it doesn't outweigh the bad.

After that I could never see her as credible. This may be a mistake on Obama's part.

DAMN HER!!! DAMN HER AND HER BOOK CLUB!!!



Literacy is undervalued.

It seems less that she re-popularized reading than she got rid of the concept of finding books that appeal to you on your own. I can find books on my own, thank you very much.

She has repopularized reading as a pasttime. No harm done there. If those books she chooses to endorse aren't to your liking, nobody is forcing you to read them.

Thank you.

But you take recommendations from your family and friends--just because she's got a slightly larger audience, don't hold that against her. Some of the books she picks are crap but some have been really good. She also encourages discussion about them, which isn't something most people do after they read a book and is refreshing. Critical thinking is a dying art form in this country--why be negative about someone encouraging it? Don't be jealous because you don't have a tv show/magazine/empire ;)

counts as critical discussion.

I wasn't referring to that :) Some of her shows are stupid. Some of them are interesting. Some of them are really worthwhile. But I wouldn't take them as the end all and be all of whatever topic she's discussing that day. People need to do their own research about whatever issue they're having. At least she gives you a place to start.

She has had, even recently, people like "medium" John Edward, "psychic detective" Allison Dubois, and "paranomral investigator" Dean Radin on shows and barely questioned their validity.

She promotes psychics, irrationality, illogic, and dumb thinking left and right, no matter who she talks to.

The only complaint I have is that she has her photo on the cover of her magazines. I don't get that. :shrug:

O loves O. lol

I was in a grocery line and saw her decorator guy on a cover, and she wasn't with him.He was with the winner of some contest. So I guess she broke tradition for Nate.

Or having confidence in what you do or say? Or is self-loathing your cup of tea?

an ass hanging out.

Strange I agree.

Angle Network, so that 100% of all donations go to causes and not to salaries.

She has, while making pots of money, helped with the dumbing down of society.

She's endorsed that utter piece of woo-woo bullshit, "The Secret".

She's helped make professional victimology a going industry.

And as you say, she loosed the abominable loon, Dr. Phil upon the world.

She was also rude to Mrs GoS on a movie set, when she (Mrs GoS) was being polite.

I have never thought that Oprah was "all that". Just another medium talent vicious opportunist with some luck and business sense.

ugh.

Those are some bitchin' accomplishments.

:popcorn:

where she called for a boycott because they wouldn't kiss her ass and open the store for her after business hours.

Sorry (snicker). :evilgrin:

Oh right, we're just remembering the bad things about Oprah. :eyes:

ignoring the question completely in your response

Oh Dr. Phil how i wait for your monster personal scandal to break.

feh.
Everyone's allowed some errors in judgement, so I can't hold much against Oprah for making some mistakes along the way. Overall, I think she is basically a good person but a little insulated and naive about what's really going on in the trenches. I was surprised that she was so surprised herself when she did the Katrina story.

When she gets credible people on and let's them talk, it's can be a really riveting show. Like when she had on Michael Moore and some shill from the insurance industry. It was a great show. But sadly, most of her shows are about celebrities or consumerism or make overs. And even on the important topic shows she injects herself into everything, which gets annoying.

But I think that's a function of our society, a society that focuses on the superficial. Oprah would go out of business real soon if she only focused on the important things. People don't want to hear about that too often. Fantasy with a side order of reality, please.

On the other hand, there are lot of shows I find a lot more annoying and harmful. Monday Night Football or the general obsession with sports for one.

You can thank Grey's Anatomy for that gem :) And The Soup for burning it into our brains with their repeated showing of the clip of Oprah saying it :)

I only watch "The Soup."

:banghead:

the worst poppycock that I've ever read. I think I threw the book at a tree when I was out reading in a park and got to the part about people being overweight because they think "fat thoughts."

I'm sure lots of people will come up with good stuff, but that's the one thing that totally makes me question her judgement.

I think to a large extent Oprah's followers/demographic are normally excellent fodder for the Hillary campaign and a natural source of votes for her. Having Oprah endorse and promote Obama vigorously will turn some of those votes as she has MAJOR clout with her sycophants (Oprah, that is). I think this a major feather for Obama and a disaster for the Clinton camp.

More envy than anything else.

This was back in early 2003. She let them them label Code Pink and anti-war people as unpatriotic because that general said dissent undermines the war effort and demoralizes the troops. One Code Pink lady was reduced to tears.

Well, fuck that shit. I stopped watching her show that day and haven't been back. Haven't missed her much, either.

:hide::yoiks:

I've been wondering how long it would take people to figure that out.

http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/17/richest-women-entertainment-tech-media-cz_lg_richwomen07_0118womenstars_slide_2.html

She's worth $1.5 Billion. So if she were to make a million dollar contribution it really equates to one of us giving $100.00 of our worth. Admirable yes but not worthy of her being lauded to sainthood.

Oprah is human, she has done a lot of good and has made some misjudgements.

Overall I feel she has done a lot with her celebrity to help raise money and awareness on many issues that need to be out there.

but what do I know? Dr. Phil's book helped me repair a broken relationship, and I follow the teachings of The Secret everyday. And I'm not ashamed to admit it.