# Someone finally takes on Oprah

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-finally-takes-on-oprah/498266>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 31, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-finally-takes-on-oprah/498266 "2009-05-31T16:40:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-finally-takes-on-oprah/498266/121 "2009-06-03T15:16:29Z")

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> [@Steve\_MB](#):
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> Your disdain is that powerful? :dubious:

My disdain is awe-inspiring.

I just used to clam up when people at the office would talk about yesterday’s Oprah. Now I’m kind of that jackass who makes his hatred known. I really do think the McCarthy/anti-vax stuff is just frightening and has the possibility to, you know, effectively reintroduce erradicated diseases back into America, should she convince enough people. So yeah, I speak up.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-finally-takes-on-oprah/498266/122 "2009-06-03T16:07:26Z")

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[Oprah's Book Club - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah%27s_Book_Club) Here are her selections. There are some very good books there. Would you reject “100 Years of Solitude” because she recommended it?  
The Dr. Oz episodes were very interesting.

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**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-finally-takes-on-oprah/498266/123 "2009-06-03T16:25:56Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> [Oprah's Book Club - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah%27s_Book_Club) Here are her selections. There are some very good books there. Would you reject “100 Years of Solitude” because she recommended it?  
> The Dr. Oz episodes were very interesting.

“The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” is a great book. Ditto “East of Eden” and all three of those Faulkner novels, though I don’t think that the “Sound and the Fury” suggestion is a good one. That’s only a couple steps below sending people out to buy “Ulysses.” It’s just unkind.

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**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-finally-takes-on-oprah/498266/124 "2009-06-03T18:03:41Z")

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I see the Oprah Book Club logo on a book the same as I would a Krusty the Clown branding. IOW, mass market branding designed to push sales with no correlation to the quality of the product.

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-finally-takes-on-oprah/498266/125 "2009-06-03T18:08:02Z")

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> [@ultrafilter](#):
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> Somehow I just don’t see Oprah’s audience being swayed by reason and evidence.

Kinda like religion.  
Her book club picks are so f’in depressing.

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