Oprahism

Liza Featherstone lfeather32 at erols.com
Mon Nov 25 15:15:00 PST 2002


Oh, nothing positive about Dr. Phil intended. He's a dreadful charlatan. Much worse than Oprah herself, who at least has promoted good things like reading books and trying to get along with others.

Liza


> From: Doug McGill <dougmcgill at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:58:28 -0800 (PST)
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Re: Oprahism
>
> Yeah, but Dr. Phil is just as bad as the rest of 'em. He mines the private
> drama of psychotherapy for tabloid gain. Oprah too. Upscale Jerry Springers.
>
> Doug
>
> The McGill Report
> "Media for Global Citizens"
> www.mcgillreport.org
>
>
>
> --- Liza Featherstone <lfeather32 at erols.com> wrote:
>> Actually, more recently she has become an avid proponent of Dr. Phil, who is
>> the stark opposite: whatever happened in your childhood, get over it, stop
>> indulging in "negative thinking," etc.
>>
>> Liza
>>
>>> From: Thomas Seay <entheogens at yahoo.com>
>>> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>>> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:30:40 -0800 (PST)
>>> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>>> Subject: Re: Oprahism
>>>
>>>
>>> --- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>>>> IS Oprah Winfrey the next L. Ron Hubbard? The
>>>> touchy-feely talk show
>>>> titan is the leader of a new American religion, says
>>>> University of
>>>> North Carolina professor Kathryn Lofton.
>>>
>>> Definitely. She became Pope of that church after John
>>> Bradshaw's PBS series stopped being aired. The main
>>> message of this church: Redemption through incessant
>>> sobbing and incessant digging into minutiae of your
>>> childhood. Get with the program: Life is a vale of
>>> tears...if yours isn't, then you must be in denial!
>>>
>>> -Thomas
>>>
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