And when will the book be published titled, "How Oprah Conned America."
Gee, ya think?
Steadman?
I read part of the Smoking Gun article--quite revealing. The guy is a con artist in the extreme. What will Oprah do with this information?
A fool and her money, #114: saving the downtrodden from themselves.
People generally forget the fact that Oprah made her first $Million airing scumbags, con men and Jerry Springer type guests before she re-invented herself. Looks like she's sliding back to her original sleazy success.
Oh, thought that would be Dr. Phil.
Oh, I thought they were talking about "Dr." Phil, one of the most obnoxious frauds on television.
Did you know he lost his license to practice psychology in the Dallas area for abusing female patients? I wonder if Ophra knows about that? You can read about it in an issue of the Dallas Observer several years ago. I wonder why the story went nowhere?
Why isn't this article in the main forum anymore?
Ping to finish reading later.
So, another stinking liar on the best seller pages. Very sad. This reminds me of another publishing scandal I read about a few years ago involving a man who supposedly survived the holocaust as a child. I think it was more a European affair, but of course, I did read about it in an American publication. I can't remember where, but it was probably the NY Times or the New Yorker. The more people looked into his story, the more they doubted it was true. But he seemed to believe it so much, some thought he was delusional.
I'm sorry I can't remember his name, I feel like it started with a "G", Gabriel, something like that. Maybe someone else remembers this story.
And of course, the infamous Rigoberta Menchu, but you expect a stinking commie to lie, so to me that is really not news.
Good for the Smoking Gun for exposing this ego maniac, I guess he's had his parents wrapped around his little finger for quite a while, they must know if these things are true or not.
"Frey's tall tales would, of course, be pretty funny if so many people didn't actually believe them."
This is the saddest line in the whole Smoking Gun article. But these types of "tales" appeal to a certain demographic, as does the purveyor-in-chief, Oprah. (We have progressed in the last few millenia, from worshipping idols to worshipping icons.)
Modern thought, and even modern education, champion the idea that feelings are as important, perhaps more, than facts or reason. It seems that publishers are all to aware of this development.
I read the book. Now I wonder if he really ever went to rehab???
Sounds like he already did. I borrowed this book from a friend but haven't read it yet. Not sure I'll bother - frankly it doesn't sound very good in either fiction or nonfiction form. Losers like that are a dime a dozen.
It's very revealing that he first tried to get the book published as fiction. Then a publisher says to just whittle it down to the truth and they'll publish it. Now the guy's a millionaire.
I would like someone to do a documentary on all of the major frauds like this that have been perpetrated in the past thirty years. It would have to be a multiple episode story. There are too many to show in a single one hour program.
Having read it all now I can say: Now I know the rest of the story.
What a bs artist, he's got his dough, so I guess that's all he cares about.
Really a shame about the girls who were killed, truly ghoulish to misappropriate such a tale.
I guess we could blame Nan Talese, the editor, but deep down inside we all know: IT'S BUSH'S FAULT!
read the (very long) article. Interesting. Someone should get Oprah to read it and comment.