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Published: 01/4/11

Opinion: Can Oprah Help Restore Civility?

By  Bernie Goldberg - AOL News
Opinion: Can Oprah Help Restore Civility?

I have long thought that whatever else the wondrous worldwide Web is, it is a lunatic asylum, where mean-spirited cretins roam its dark halls and smash against padded walls spewing hate all over the place pretty much for just one reason: They disagree with you. I speak from first-hand experience. If you honestly believe there's a liberal bias in the so-called mainstream media, as I do, the reaction by the anonymous critics on the Web is not that I'm simply wrong, it's that I'm a freaking fill-in-the-blank -- and they're not so polite as to use the word "freaking." Jon Stewart is a smart guy ...

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Published: 12/31/10

Love Her or Hate Her, Oprah Moves On to Her Next Big Thing

By  Carla Baranauckas - Politics Daily
Love Her or Hate Her, Oprah Moves On to Her Next Big Thing

On Saturday a new chapter opens in a great American story that would boggle the mind of Horatio Alger: The Oprah Winfrey Network begins operating on cable television -- in enough markets to reach 80 million homes. This development will undoubtedly bring plenty of comment from people at each end of the Winfrey spectrum: those who love everything Oprah and those who are allergic to anything she touches. For the Oprah haters, who even have website posts and Facebook pages, this marks another milestone in what they call the cult of materialism and ego run amuck. For the "Opraholics," it provides ...

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Published: 06/24/10

How Oprah Became Involved in a Vote-Rigging Controversy With Zach Anner

By  Carl Franzen - Politics Daily
How Oprah Became Involved in a Vote-Rigging Controversy With Zach Anner

Oprah Winfrey may be the Queen of Daytime Talk Shows (and many other media, for that matter), but on the Internet, the crowd reigns supreme. That fact was never more clearly illustrated than this week, when Winfrey's contest to find a TV host for the upcoming cable channel OWN (set to launch in 2011) became entangled in a bizarre and geeky vote-rigging controversy involving a charming young comedian with cerebral palsy and the users of 4chan -- a notoriously vile, completely anonymous image-sharing website. Confused? Surge Desk attempts an explanation: The Starting Point "Your OWN Show: ...

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Published: 11/20/09

Amid Tears, Oprah Winfrey Tells Audience She Will End Popular Show

By  Emily Miller - Politics Daily
Amid Tears, Oprah Winfrey Tells Audience She Will End Popular Show

Oprah Winfrey tearfully told her audience Friday morning that she is shutting down her popular talk show on Sept. 9, 2011. "I love this show. This show has been my life. And I love it enough to know when it is time to say goodbye. Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and feels right in my spirit," she announced live at 9 a.m. in Chicago. She did not clarify speculation over whether she would step down to host a new daily talk show on her cable network, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. The current show is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution for broadcast throughout the day on 200 ...

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