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Oprah’s network sends Iyanla Vanzant, spiritual life coach, to ‘heal’ Ferguson
The Washington Post's Style Blog ^ | August 27, 2014 | Emily Yahr

Posted on 08/27/2014 8:27:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Last week, Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network announced that it was sending Iyanla Vanzant — minister, spiritual life coach, host of OWN’s “Iyanla, Fix My Life” — to Ferguson, Mo., following the death of Michael Brown and the “subsequent unrest” in the town. The stated goal was for Vanzant to film a special episode of her TV show and “to listen to the people who have been adversely affected and to join the community in finding a path from violence into healing.”

This news was met with a hefty amount of skepticism. It’s one thing for news cameras to be in Ferguson during the protests and chaos. It’s another for cameras to arrive with a television star, especially one with an upcoming season of “Iyanla, Fix My Life” to promote. Some accused her of exploiting the volatile, emotional situation for her television show.

Before the episode aired on Tuesday night (called “Iyanla: Fix My Life Special Report: Healing in Ferguson”), Vanzant defended her choice to go with her production team. “The reason cameras went this time was because I did not see in the media the everyday person,” she told theGrio.com. “The people I talked to, nobody else talked to. The places I went, nobody else went.” She added that she plans to go back without any media coverage.

During the special, reaction was mixed on social media. Some were incredibly moved. Others were offended. Some started hashtags like “#FixMyRatings.” A few wondered why Oprah wasn’t there herself.

So, how did the episode go? Though it was the first time Vanzant has ever gone outside of her regular “Fix My Life” format, she stuck to what she does: Getting people to talk....

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TOPICS: Local News; Music/Entertainment; Politics; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: blacks; ferguson; oprah; television
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1 posted on 08/27/2014 8:27:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah ... circus ... lol.


2 posted on 08/27/2014 8:29:29 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Post facepalm picture here.

I don’t have the G.A.S to do it myself.


3 posted on 08/27/2014 8:32:56 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Please $upport Free Republic.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oprah is insane.

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4 posted on 08/27/2014 8:33:07 PM PDT by Mears
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Some accused her of exploiting the volatile, emotional situation for her television show.

You don't say!

5 posted on 08/27/2014 8:34:49 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So the all-knowing all-seeing mistress of time, space and dimension the 0prah, like Sharpton, Jackson and others only want to intervene for the most altruistic of reasons, strictly out of the goodness of their hearts? Anyone who believes this, I got a mountain ski resort in Florida for sale, real cheap. And to think when I was a kid I was made fun of for believing pro wrestling was real.


6 posted on 08/27/2014 8:41:30 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Impala64ssa

If Gov. Sarah Palin isn’t going to run for office again, which looks increasingly likely, she should set herself up as the conservative version of Oprah.


7 posted on 08/27/2014 8:43:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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Who????


8 posted on 08/27/2014 8:45:05 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Illegals Are Getting Flat Screet TV's....NOT TB Screenings!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sounded interesting.


9 posted on 08/27/2014 8:46:42 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; GeronL

Is he any more reliable than her last minister, Reverend Jeremiah Wright?


10 posted on 08/27/2014 8:50:36 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (ISIS has started up a slave trade in Iraq. Mission accomplshed, Barack, Mission accomplished.)
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11 posted on 08/27/2014 8:52:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Send Maury Povich with his paternity tests.
The streets would be empty, save tumbleweeds.


12 posted on 08/27/2014 8:53:16 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

OH! “Aaaaahhhhhssssshhhhhaaaaaayyyyyyyyy”.

What a pant load of ‘new age’ crap.

I can recall, when I was naive, falling for this crap at a younger age.


13 posted on 08/27/2014 9:00:03 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Illegals Are Getting Flat Screet TV's....NOT TB Screenings!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

oh goody....another “Oprah” moment


14 posted on 08/27/2014 9:01:22 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Be funny if she got mugged or robbed over there.


15 posted on 08/27/2014 9:03:34 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Is there such a phrase as “neocarpetbagger”?
16 posted on 08/27/2014 9:05:40 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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Iyanla Vanzant — minister, spiritual life coach

Hatian voodoo alive and well on OWN.

17 posted on 08/27/2014 9:12:15 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oprah: desperate to publicize her network. Does anyone watch?


18 posted on 08/27/2014 10:15:03 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I think it deserves a double!


19 posted on 08/28/2014 1:31:21 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I think it deserves a double!


20 posted on 08/28/2014 1:31:21 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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