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January 26, 2006
Personal Integrity - Oprah for President

One more note on Oprah's programming for this week for this week, today she basically hauled James Frey's skinny little ass out in front of the world and asked him why he lied about his 'memoir' and embarrassed the crap out of her, his publisher and deluded millions of readers into believing something that was only partly based on fact.

My husband really enjoyed the show, because he had doubted the veracity of his story after watching his first appearance on Oprah, mostly because he wouldn't make eye contact with people, especially with the real recovering addict that he met with. My husband's number one pet peeve is with people lying to him, about anything, he takes it personally everytime. However, he himself is a fabulous bold-faced liar, go figure.

I haven't read the book, apparently Mr. Frey is a very talented writer, he just didn't live the exciting badboy life he claimed. Watching him on the first Oprah show, he honestly did not look like he had ever had any horrific health or addiction problems, his face was smooth and unmarred, there weren't even any dark circles under his eyes. And he seemed very reluctant to discuss his torrid life and amazing accomplishments with Oprah when he should have been proud to have survived such horrors on his own intestinal fortitude without anyone's help.

But, I believe Oprah has done the only thing she could to redeem herself, hopefully she or the publisher will sue the crap out of him and donate the money to charity. Her entire reputation is based on her personal integrity, on trust and honesty. I don't blame her for believing that a book coming from a publisher the size of Doubleday labeled as a memoir really was what it was presented as, I believe both the author and the publisher share the responsibility for this whole incident, not Oprah.

So Oprah for President, at least we know she won't lie to us.

Posted by Morticia at January 26, 2006 05:17 PM
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Just heard something on the news while in the car yesterday, having to do with people who tend to lie on a regular basis (call it "bold-faced" or pathological; it's one and the same). Evidently, there's been some study that has identified a larger-than-normal amount of white matter in the brains of liars. The development of this white matter during childrens' growing years may be the reason why children seem to lie more during that time period. In adults who already have excess white matter, it gets worse as they age, since the ratio of white matter to gray matter becomes more pronounced. Here's a link to an article I found -- http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/11655.html -- interesting stuff, to be sure.

What's even more disturbing is that pathological liars will now have yet another "excuse" for their behavior, and will perhaps be able to get away with things under the guise of an alleged disability.

Posted by: Midian on January 31, 2006 09:34 AM
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