Poor Oprah. She can’t do anything right at the moment.
First up, the wonderfully irritable PZ Meyers has a suggestion for Oprah, regarding the odious anti-vax woman. I especially like the way he quotes Oprah’s missive in comic sans. He modestly quotes his in a simple serifed font, but maybe an olde Victorian Gothic script would be better. Dripping venom. That is only poisonous to the stupids.
Slate has a good swipe at Oprah regarding “bioidentical hormones”, Jenny McCarthey and the exceptionally stupid “The Secret”. It’s worth wading through the free pass rubbish to see what a literate kicking they give her.
Is it time for Oprah to step aside? Or ‘fess up and hire a team of fact-checkers instead.
#1 by Derek Sorensen at May 20th, 2009
Or ‘fess up and hire a team of fact-checkers instead.
DAERTA fat-checkers?
#2 by pfig at May 21st, 2009
I think you don’t fully understand how the television business works. Do you really think Oprah (or any other show host, for that matter) cares the slightest about anything other than the ratings and the potential millions to be made milking the idiots?
How old are you, 14?