[martin_fierro]

[RexBeach]

Let's face it, Oprah is a terrific crusader for the truth(barf-o-rama)!

[Cagey]

Craig Akers got a new tooth and a suit out of the deal and that's just the beginning.

[Thywillnotmine]

I caught a moment of that and couldn't believe my eyes! That poor kid! If the other didn't traumatize him, this will.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Who can know what these parents have went through. Leave them alone....let them be. They are probably hoping this interview will quiet the masses and that they will be left alone.

[timsbella]

Money makes people do strange things. These parents gave up their jobs, etc to devote every moment for years to find their child and help others pursue leads on their lost children. It makes no sense to me other than they want to secure enough cash to see their child gets the appropriate help and education to make the rest of his life liveable. IT DOES IN NO WAY MAKE IT RIGHT. They should have followed Ben's parents and refuse to spotlight their child.

[Mr. Mojo]

....but who can say, "No," to Oprah?

Especially if she's writing fatter checks than her guests have ever seen in their lives.

[onyx]

Harsh word, "shameful." I think it's more tragic and sad. IMO, the parents should be protecting their son FROM the nedia.

[Earthdweller]

That was a really cold hearted thing to do.

[lovecraft]

Or as I call her.....

The Opriate of the masses.

[Republican Red]

I happened upon the show yesterday and was stunned. Shawn looked so uncomfortable. The parents had stated that they are doing interviews to take advantage of media interest and redirect it to kids safety. However, that interview was just a model case of what parents should not do.

I really am trying to stay on the parents side in this but it was a bonehead move letting their child on that show. The parents of Ben Ownby were on for a few minutes but they decided not to allow their son to appear. The Oprah audience applauded them.

The creepiest part of the interview was that Shawn kept directing his answers to Oprah's questions towards his stepdad. I don't know exactly why it weirded me out but he ignored his mom and Oprah and would only look at his stepdad.

This boy needs professional help not to be looked at as a freak.

[Uri’el-2012]

Why was Shawn forced to sit in the audience ?

He was treated like an object.

Shame on Oprah!

[rabidralph]

That's like any one of our parents dragging us on Oprah, if we were still teens, and discussing whether we're virgins or not. How sick! And the boy was probably sexually abused and they put him on TV to talk about his ordeal? This is probably the reason his captor was able to convince the boy he wasn't wanted. His parents are selfish nuts!

[devane617]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769811/posts

[Danae]

I have refused too watch Oprah for years now. This just makes me happier that I don't.

[Red Badger]

I saw it and I felt so sorry for the boy............

[raccoonradio]

>> Interestingly, it was what the parents of his co-captor, Ben Ownby, who were also guests on the show, didn't do that showed how tawdry it all was. They didn't let their kid appear. When Oprah introduced them, she also said, "His parents made a mom-and-dad decision and said that they feel he's had enough stress from television."

Audience applauded.

[windcliff]

ping

[MEGoody]

I was disgusted at his parents for doing this.

[Marathoner]

So, it appears that Queen Oprah removed her head long enough from Barak Obama's @#@ to do this show.