Oprah Book Club Part III
Read my previous posts for the background on this story.
Looks like this saga hasn't ended, or maybe this is the end, I don't know. Last week, Oprah called in to the Larry King show to reinforce her support of the author, the book, and the selection for the book club.
Her basic stance was that for the "thousands of people that were helped by the book", whether it was a true story or not really didn't matter and that if it helped those readers, well, that's all that counts, truth be damned.
Apparently Oprah's fanbase didn't like that too much. They sent email after email expressing their concern for the truth and how easily Oprah had dismissed the allegations.
Oprah did a one-eighty, invited Frey back to her show where she summarily grilled him in front of an unsympathetic studio audience.
Ouch. Seems Oprah holds all the power. I have a feeling Frey really doesn't care though because according to CNN, the book is still in the top 5. As the old adage goes, "there's no such thing as bad press."
Looks like this saga hasn't ended, or maybe this is the end, I don't know. Last week, Oprah called in to the Larry King show to reinforce her support of the author, the book, and the selection for the book club.
Her basic stance was that for the "thousands of people that were helped by the book", whether it was a true story or not really didn't matter and that if it helped those readers, well, that's all that counts, truth be damned.Apparently Oprah's fanbase didn't like that too much. They sent email after email expressing their concern for the truth and how easily Oprah had dismissed the allegations.
Oprah did a one-eighty, invited Frey back to her show where she summarily grilled him in front of an unsympathetic studio audience.
Ouch. Seems Oprah holds all the power. I have a feeling Frey really doesn't care though because according to CNN, the book is still in the top 5. As the old adage goes, "there's no such thing as bad press."
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