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Snakebit: Oprah Winfrey caught by another false memoir |
2013-01-04 |
Hahahahahhahahahaaa. Ahem. Sorry. You may now begin reading TFA: Oprah Winfrey has a new book scandal on her hands. A "memoir," praised in her O Magazine as "startlingly tender," has been revealed as a complete work of fiction. "Love and Consequences," written by Margaret B. Jones, a self-described half white, half Native American foster child and former drug runner, has been revealed as a fake. The fictional story was actually penned by Margaret Seltzer, a white, private-school educated writer. Riverhead Books, which published the work, began recalling the book earlier this week. "Love and Consequences" didn't go as far as "A Million Little Pieces," a "memoir" by James Frey, which was later revealed as full of exaggerations and falsities. His book was recommended on national television for Oprah's Book Club. |
Posted by:badanov |
#10 "next up, a very special Oprah episode with Rigoberta Menchu..." |
Posted by: Frank G 2013-01-04 17:22 |
#9 Oprah suckered....AGAIN! |
Posted by: tu3031 2013-01-04 16:48 |
#8 written by Margaret B. Jones, a self-described half white, half Native American foster child and former drug runner. Used "Jones" as a nym? Half-white, half Native American foster child and former drug runner. Sounds like Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts (except for the drug runner part (so far as is known). |
Posted by: JohnQC 2013-01-04 14:47 |
#7 Movies just say Based on a true story and get away with whatever fictions they want. Novel/memoirs should do the same. |
Posted by: Rjschwarz 2013-01-04 14:13 |
#6 I have two questions: 1) Does Oprah know these books are frauds and promotes them anyway just to make a buck or is she just terribly naive? 2) Why should I care? |
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-01-04 11:48 |
#5 I don't watch Oprah, She's a whiny bitch, and i get that at home. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-01-04 10:17 |
#4 "Howlin mad Stevens....that's what they called me." |
Posted by: Besoeker 2013-01-04 08:20 |
#3 Oprah got rich by figuring out that a lot of women love a pity party so sh had one on TV that everyone could "attend". |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2013-01-04 07:55 |
#2 You don't get the hand-wringing and tears (Oprahdile tears?) with fiction. |
Posted by: SteveS 2013-01-04 00:28 |
#1 If it's a decent read, why the hell are they marketing these as memoirs rather than fiction? |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-01-04 00:20 |