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2003-09-18 Europe

Oprah chastised by Swedish Govt for pro-war bias

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Posted by Steve White 2003-09-18 12:54:43 AM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Good Lord. Oprah is a threat to Sweden's intellectual conformity. I guess she didn't schedule enough guests like Dominique DeVillepin or Arundhati Roy to give voice to the opinion that Saddam Hussein was not a threat the the United States and should not be the target of attack.

Is the show dubbed or subtitled?

Posted by Tokyo Taro 2003-9-18 2:23:38 AM|| 2003-9-18 2:23:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 She's being silenced, I tell you! Intimidated out of her Free Speech rights by critics of her stance on the war.

Perhaps Oprah will do as badly as the Dixie Chicks after their "dissent was silenced" by the evil ClearChannel people...what'd they make on that tour, $60 million?

Posted by R. McLeod 2003-9-18 3:55:21 AM|| 2003-9-18 3:55:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 If Swedish sales of her book club aren't high enough, she should demand that her program be removed from Swedish television. 100,000 viewers is not worth extradition to the Hague on charges of Crimes Against Humanity. She dodged the bullet this time but she needs to heed the warning.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-9-18 5:54:48 AM|| 2003-9-18 5:54:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Is it worth asking Sweden now to send troops to Iraq? /sarcasm off

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-9-18 7:57:26 AM|| 2003-9-18 7:57:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Alaska Paul, they can't. Swedish Army is 9 to 5 these days, don't you recall?

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2003-9-18 8:23:42 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2003-9-18 8:23:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Oprah gets taken to the tool shed for her pro-war stance.

Someone please tell me someone, anyone, got taken to task for their anti-war, pro-murder stance.

Posted by badanov 2003-9-18 8:40:01 AM|| [http://www.rkka.org/weblog] 2003-9-18 8:40:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Could you picture anything like this ever happening in the US? Someone being censored by an "American broadcasting watchdog"?

So bizarre. It follows perfectly with the statement made by the former premiere a few days ago that Swedes should have never been asked their opinion in the first place on voting the Euro.

You lucky Swedes!

Posted by g wiz 2003-9-18 9:16:11 AM|| 2003-9-18 9:16:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 I get really tired of hearing about "advanced" countries and their "civilized" approaches to funding the arts, accepting immigrants, providing womb to tomb welfare, and so on. Strange that those who fawn over them omit thier supression of free speech -- but that's an American thing.

Posted by Highlander 2003-9-18 9:19:31 AM|| 2003-9-18 9:19:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Bollocks.All the Broadcasting Commission does is give opinion on whether the media follow 'good journalistic practice'.We have a similar body in Finland.The media can and do ignore its statements,with no consequences whatsoever to the "offender".It's not censorship.

Posted by El Id 2003-9-18 9:32:20 AM|| 2003-9-18 9:32:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Chuck---I forgot! My upper level thinking does not kick in till 7AM local time. I was up at 4AM just to find that my 6am flight was cancelled. I guess we cannot ask the Swedish military for anything, esp. now with limited business hours.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-9-18 9:53:15 AM|| 2003-9-18 9:53:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Sweden needs to reconsider its decision. Oprah has enough money to buy their entire country and make it a suburb of Chicago, if she so chooses.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-9-18 1:21:45 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-9-18 1:21:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 I still think Oprah's show sucks.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-18 3:08:00 PM|| 2003-9-18 3:08:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I didn't even know the Sweds allowed colored shows on the air.

Posted by Charles 2003-9-18 5:25:07 PM|| 2003-9-18 5:25:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 So I don't suppose FOX is shown in Sweden? Nah.

Posted by john 2003-9-18 7:02:39 PM|| 2003-9-18 7:02:39 PM|| Front Page Top

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