As notedhere, the show “Crossing Over With John Edward” plans to devote one or more of its hokey seance sessions to speaking to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks. The production company for the show just happens to plan them for sweeps week.
Wow. And you thought Fox had poor taste.
If you’ve ever seen this John Edward guy in action, it’s amazing that anyone buys his shit. He claims he can talk with the dead. All he does, however, is rattle off vague generalities that could apply to many different people, move quickly past the ones that surviving family members say don’t apply, follow up on a few random hits, and leave the gullible saying, “Wow! Amazing!” (Will Farrell did a hilarious skit on him and his show on a recent Saturday Night Live.)
The only thing that makes me more disgusted than that Edwards is going to take advantage of something so horrible and tragic for his own personal gain, it’s that there will likely be more than a few grief-stricken relatives of those who died who will take part, out of a false sense of hope.
Sorry, Milo. Edward only deals with the dead, so I’m afraid we’re going to have to kill you before he can receive your message.
As far as Edward himself goes, that little fucker makes me see red. The very idea of turning an international tragedy and the basis for a goddamned war into a cheap ratings ploy…god, I’d like to run an enema tube down his throat and videotape him choking on his own shit.
I honestly try not to give in to hate, but I could watch John Edward, Sylvia Browne, and all others of their ilk die and not even turn away from my lunch.
Milo, I really think you should check out…wait a minute, someone’s coming through. I’m getting a “J.” A “John”… or a “Jeff”… or “Joanne.” Who is this? Someone you were close to…a friend or a relative, or possibly a friend of a relative who died…
Milo, you gotta be shitting me! Please tell me you’re making this up!
I know nothing about this guy except indirectly but this is the slimiest, most putridly maudlin exploitation of tragedy… Hold on, theres a commercial offering me commerative silver coins of “America’s Heroes”, guaranteed authentic legal tender…$39.95.
I’m not going to hurl invective. I’m just going to hurl.
To have the dopers do a John Edwards Show. Would make for a hell of a story after it aired. A whole audience of people who think hes full of shit giving him phony clues to follow.
Airing these segments might have been called off (for now, at least; I expect to see them turn up eventually), but he’s still doing readings for relatives of WTC victims. In other words, he’s still a con artist; he’s just reducing his profile temporarily so as not to damage his long-term earning potential.
And the network’s executive is a knowing con artist also:
I don’t know what to say, other than that I am so appalled I can’t even make a joke out of it.
(link to article, a slightly different version from what’s linked above)
