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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Yeah ... circus ... lol.
Post facepalm picture here.
I don’t have the G.A.S to do it myself.
Oprah is insane.
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You don't say!
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.
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.
Who????
Sounded interesting.
Is he any more reliable than her last minister, Reverend Jeremiah Wright?
Send Maury Povich with his paternity tests.
The streets would be empty, save tumbleweeds.
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.
oh goody....another “Oprah” moment
Be funny if she got mugged or robbed over there.
Hatian voodoo alive and well on OWN.
Oprah: desperate to publicize her network. Does anyone watch?
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