Friday, January 27, 2006

Oprah gets down & dirty with James Fry

Anyone else catch the Oprah show yesterday? Oprah freakin let James Fry have it like there was no tomorrow. She says she truly felt duped by him. She said she deeply regretted phoning into Larry King in support of James Fry. And she basically went "off" on him and made him endure her rath for the whole hour...I actually kinda felt bad for the poor lad. Ok, I totally understand the fact that eveyone is so upset that there were parts of his book that he embellished. But Oprah definitely got her pay back...she reamed the publisher and made her point known. All she wanted to do was prove that James Fry had lied in his book to which he actually admitted, so it wasn't like he was trying to avoid it or anything. He totally did not have to go on Oprah at all again, but he did. Are you surprised that parts of the story were embellished? Because I'm sure as hell not. But why is this the top story right now? Does this change how you feel about the book or how much it helped people, NO!!!!! I still think it is one of the best books I've read. Do I think that maybe it shouldn't have been called a memoir, sure but we should get over it! Doubleday is now publishing a author's note stating that yes in deed parts of the story were changed. Does this make everyone happy? Probably not. But the funny thing about the whole show was that people kept praising Oprah for taking a stand and admitting she was wrong. That is just so entertanining for me. Once again Oprah has managed to come out on top even when she makes a huge mistake. I love Oprah so don't get me wrong or anything...I just feel like the whole situation was blown way out of proportion...I mean come on isn't there better things for the whole world to be focused on???

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