Posted on 02/02/2017 2:26:10 PM PST by drewh
Veteran broadcaster Oprah Winfrey is set to join CBS’s 60 minutes this fall as a special contributor, where she seeks to understand “what separates us” at a time in which the country is divided, the network has announced. When the news was announced on Tuesday, 60 Minutes executive producer Jeff Fager said:
There is only one Oprah Winfrey. She has achieved excellence in everything she has touched. Her body of work is extraordinary, including thousands of interviews with people from all walks of life. She is a remarkable and talented woman with a level of integrity that sets her apart and makes her a perfect fit for 60 Minutes. I am thrilled that she will be bringing her unique and powerful voice to our broadcast”:
Winfrey, who has a decorated career in broadcasting and philanthropy with The Oprah Winfrey Show and a net worth of more than $3 billion, said that she was “excited and proud to join forces with this historic news program,” a program, she added, that “represents the bastion of journalistic storytelling.”
“At a time when people are so divided, my intention is to bring relevant insight and perspective, to look at what separates us, and help facilitate real conversations between people from different backgrounds.”
Although remaining apolitical for the majority of her career, Winfrey first endorsed Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in the 2007 Democratic primaries and endorsed Hillary Clinton’s candidacy last year, saying that you “don’t have to like her,” as the choice was between “democracy or a demagogue.”
Winfrey’s joining the 60 Minutes comes after two of the show’s key correspondents, Bob Simon and Morley Safer, passed away last year.
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soft-selling identity politics
When you thought 60 Minutes was unmatchable CBS finds a way to make it even more so!
Well, it all started 8 years ago, when a usurper conned his way into the Whitehouse......
Winfrey’s joining the 60 Minutes comes after the show passed away.
Oh Brother.
Sorry O. Van Jones already has that gig. For now.
Here Oprah. Look at this. Then you'll know what separates us.
Seems to me if someone wants to know what separates people, they should bring someone in from the other side. How the hell would Oprah know what middle America thinks?
CBS’s 60 minutes is so last century
oops!
I guess that NBC hiring ME-GYN was too much for CBS. They had to hire an even bigger loonie leftist to top that.
Complete Bull Sh#t
AKA
Completely Biased Sh#t
First time I saw her was in an airport. I’d been out of the States for a while.
I stopped and listened for a couple of minutes, then I mused aloud, “Who *is* this moron?”
Mike Wallace is rolling over in his grave..
Obama separated us. It was an electoral strategy. Besides, he hates whitey anyway. A twofer.
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