http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/fantasy/harry-potter-leads-2005-list/ reading material to get excited about Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/fantasy/harry-potter-leads-2005-list/comment-page-1/#comment-336 » Hitch Magazine » Oprah has her head up her ass Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:42:18 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=325#comment-336 [...] The broadcast came complete with a last-minute phone call from Oprah Winfrey, whose blessing of the title via her book club sent its sales into the stratosphere. But instead of ripping into Frey and saying, “Jimmy, you duped me and made me look like a fool,” she defended him. “What is relevant is that he was a drug addict,” she said. No, Oprah, what’s relevant is that in his appearance on your show, he looked you in the eye and lied to you. While he was sober, no less. So to avoid the issue is to send the message to America that lying is A-OK. [...] [...] The broadcast came complete with a last-minute phone call from Oprah Winfrey, whose blessing of the title via her book club sent its sales into the stratosphere. But instead of ripping into Frey and saying, “Jimmy, you duped me and made me look like a fool,” she defended him. “What is relevant is that he was a drug addict,” she said. No, Oprah, what’s relevant is that in his appearance on your show, he looked you in the eye and lied to you. While he was sober, no less. So to avoid the issue is to send the message to America that lying is A-OK. [...]

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