Oprah Rules the World

Quick reaction to Oprah's tongue lashing of James Frey on Thursday's program, which I was unable to have the pleasure of actually watching, but read enough accounts of to pretty much recite a transcript by heart. The most famous flip-flopper this side of John Kerry claimed she was "duped," was "embarrassed by all of this," and that Frey "conned us all." Despite this whole ordeal being the biggest non-story ever, Oprah comes off as the biggest self-righteous person on the planet. Is she every wrong? Ever?! She, in fact, has conned all of America into believing whichever book she is reading is the best ever, and must be read by her loyal (anywhere from 6-9 million per diem) audience. Lest we not forget her incident in Paris this summer where Hermes wouldn't allow her into the store AFTER THEY CLOSED. God fucking forbid. The James Frey incident proved nothing except for the fact that she rarely admits she is wrong, see that Larry King episode with Frey, and in the rare chance she is, she has to make a spectacle of it, by having an entire epsisode air about it. She apoligized to her readers, Frey apoligized to anyone who was willing to listen, and still I dont care. FYI, Oprah's ratings didn't spike after early reports of her show (aired live in Harpo's hometown of Chicago) were published describing the events of the morning. Nor did Frey's book move anywhere from Amazon.com's best selling list's Top 5.