Bob McCarty Writes

The last time an Oprah Winfrey endorsement backfired, the talk show diva did not sit idly by and watch her reputation tank. Instead, she brought the perpetrator of the “crime” — A Million Little Pieces author James Frey — back to her show for a televised verbal flogging. Today, some in the media* are saying [...]

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Ever wonder why it seems only attractive white girls who turn up missing become fodder for television talkers like Greta Van Sustern, Oprah, Nancy Grace, Dan Abrams and Bill O’Reilly? Despite what some folks might have you believe, it’s simply a matter of demographics. Advertising Age ran a piece on the subject yesterday, accompanied by [...]

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Much has been written and reported in recent months about the so-called “Oprah Effect” and its impact on the outcome of this year’s race for the Democrat presidential nomination. There has, however, been far less discussion about any role Oprah Winfrey played in sinking the White House “boat” of the first serious female candidate for [...]

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Two negative influences are impacting Americans at this time: Reality television and presidential politics. Thanks to the ongoing strike by film and television writers, television viewers are being subjected to increasingly-desperate examples of reality TV programming. The latest unfortunate example, NBC’s Clash of the Choirs, airs Monday and pits amateur choirs against each other, singing [...]

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Much of the political world’s attention in recent days has been focused upon Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama and how he might benefit from the so-called “Oprah Effect.” Conversely, little attention has been paid to the impact of the “Okra Effect” — that is, until now. During the last weekend of September, Republican presidential candidates [...]

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A short time ago, I published an article at NewsBusters about a subject that has been overlooked by the mainstream news media. I won’t publish the entire piece here, but I will give you a hint of its “flavor”: Much of the political world’s attention in recent days has been focused upon Democrat presidential candidate [...]

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Another effort to “dum down” the American political process took place this weekend as the focus of the 2008 presidential race was upon the opinion of a daytime television talk show host, Oprah Winfrey (a.ka., “Oprah”). Oprah took center stage this weekend when she entered the world of presidential politics for the first time and [...]

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