[Graybeard58]

The number of recent scandals that have emerged — and we're talking about scandals that go beyond Dr. Phil not being a "real doctor," or Rachael Ray not having any formal culinary training

I did not know that "Doctor Phil" did not have a doctorate but as far as Rachael Ray not having "any formal culinary training", has she ever claimed it?

[NathanR]

I have no idea what “not a real doctor” means. It might mean that he gave up his license in 2006.

However, according to Wiki: “McGraw graduated in 1975 from Midwestern State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. He went on to earn a master's degree in experimental psychology in 1976, and a Ph.D in clinical psychology in 1979 at the University of North Texas,[6] where his dissertation was titled “Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Psychological Intervention”.”