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Oprah at a Crossroads
The New York Times, by CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY
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Posted By:NYBruin, 11/26/2012 8:42:24 AM
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| LOS ANGELES — It’s not easy to find a fresh way to photograph Oprah Winfrey. That’s why the editors of O, The Oprah Magazine, recently tried to create a shot that recalled the glory days of Ms. Winfrey’s syndicated talk show. They arranged to photograph her for its April 2013 issue as she stepped onstage to speak to 5,000 attendees at the magazine’s annual conference, a New Age slumber party of sorts for women held at the convention center here last month.
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Comments: Apparently, it´s not easy being Oprah. . .
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Rubinski, 11/26/2012 8:46:35 AM (No. 9034037)
It´s hard to fathom the stupidity of some people. Five thousand? Good grief.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
mort, 11/26/2012 8:47:09 AM (No. 9034038)
And I´m supposed to care?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Rather Read, 11/26/2012 8:52:55 AM (No. 9034045)
I admire Oprah´s work ethic. However, I´ve watched a few shows and read her magazine and I have to wonder. She is so restless - always seeking and she´s almost 60. Shouldn´t she have found herself by now?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl, 11/26/2012 9:03:56 AM (No. 9034058)
Oprah severely damaged her brand when she endorsed BO and was so partisan during the 2008 election.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Jeninmo, 11/26/2012 9:13:45 AM (No. 9034066)
Oprah was the beginning of the end, along with Phil Donahue. They led our culture down the path of "ME", and here we sit today with a world full of "ME FIRST" "GIMME STUFF" society. Thanks, Oprah! FINE job!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
LouD, 11/26/2012 9:19:17 AM (No. 9034075)
Yawn.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
NorthernDog, 11/26/2012 9:19:34 AM (No. 9034077)
No mention of Steadman - LOL. Someone remind her that ´all glory is fleeting´.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Eheu Fugaces, 11/26/2012 9:25:31 AM (No. 9034085)
Oprah tossed away half her audience and a lot of the trust and authority she built over the years in 2008 when she turned her show into an advertising vehicle for Obama´s campaign and herself into one of the Holy One´s hucksters.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
janjan, 11/26/2012 9:33:12 AM (No. 9034096)
Oprah thought her personal brand was strong enough to withstand her fawning over the Obamas. It wasn´t.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
flyonthewall, 11/26/2012 9:37:35 AM (No. 9034103)
A self made one percenter...reap what you sow
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
jackson, 11/26/2012 9:55:08 AM (No. 9034129)
"It´s all about the message" says her highness. And what is the message? That looks don´t matter - except when they do. That focusing on weight is unhealthy but you should diet with Oprah. That spirituality is all important- and enjoy your party gifts! That you should never judge anyone or anything - except things that are bad. That dwelling on the past is wrong but you must stay in touch with your squalid, dark, ugly experiances in order to complain about injustices. Get the picture? Oprah - Thy name means "America is stupid."
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
cinwasp, 11/26/2012 10:00:01 AM (No. 9034140)
The "favorite things" that she presents to the public is the ultimate liberal religious experience. She instantly picks winners and losers in choosing "things" and then reaps a part of their rewards.
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Jebediah, 11/26/2012 10:04:58 AM (No. 9034148)
What is most interesting about this article is that it at no time does her strong support of Barack Obama bear mention as to a part of her loss of popularity. It certainly played a part for me. I was always discouraged by the fact that her Oprah audience was 90% (or more) filled with adoring WHITE middle class women (and I´ll bet that is also who her subscribers and Oxygen viewers are), but her endorsement of Obama, bringing them along (plus a Black vote that didn´t need prodding), based, from what I could tell, on race alone (after all, she supposedly ditched Rev. Wright´s church herself but felt no qualms about Wright being Obama´s 20 year pastor, the Tony Rezko problems et al. That really cooked her for me, and it will be a long day in H--- before I, her much needed demographic, support her in any way again. I, indeed,. take a certain satisfaction in her problems. She used her charisma to promote Obama, a man she HAD to know was nothing but soaring rhetoric and soaring ego. And we are paying the price.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Daisymay, 11/26/2012 10:06:02 AM (No. 9034151)
Never bought her Magazine, don´t plan to. Used to watch her show on TV, but gave that up when she became a Preacher for Civil Rights. Never watched her NEW TV show and don´t plan to. I´m done with O!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
TheMotherCO, 11/26/2012 10:09:15 AM (No. 9034155)
I watched okra briefly and it didn´t take long for my hair even hurt listening to her babble on and on as expert on everything. I thought the women that screeched were stupid and that has not changed.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
provide, 11/26/2012 10:19:37 AM (No. 9034169)
Is she gonna pay" just a little more?"
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Trust No One, 11/26/2012 10:22:50 AM (No. 9034175)
I´ve never really watched Oprah - just a few times years ago in passing.
However, found Sweetie Pie´s on her OWN and I love it. lol
If you´re into reality shows give it a try. You´ll need to catch up though. (smile)
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mickturn, 11/26/2012 10:23:21 AM (No. 9034177)
Maybe, just maybe if she put someone on the cover except herself...
What an EGO!
She has totally burned out all her supporters, they now can´t stand the sight of her and her business is reflecting the same!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
J F Ackerman, 11/26/2012 11:07:12 AM (No. 9034249)
Let´s face it: the "Oprahfication" of America´s females has led to the most important electoral divide in this country. Me, me, me, me. Give me free stuff and my own way all the time.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Dreemaun, 11/26/2012 11:22:23 AM (No. 9034277)
Yawnnnnn Who cares?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
kens, 11/26/2012 11:40:39 AM (No. 9034323)
She´s toast. Now that everyone is getting cut back to part time status thanks to Obamacare, no time to watch Oprah as women everywhere rush out to fill the afternoon part time shifts restocking Walmart shelves.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Stopstoreload, 11/26/2012 12:03:45 PM (No. 9034363)
Te answer is fairly simple. As Yogi Berra said, " When you come to a fork in the road, take it." Whatever Oprah wants to do is okay with me. There has to be an Oprah.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
frenesi1, 11/26/2012 12:49:11 PM (No. 9034439)
I quit watching her in the 90´s when she went from a religious person to a "spiritual" person.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
jerseytomato, 11/26/2012 1:03:59 PM (No. 9034466)
#8 nails it.
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