Remember when Oprah wasn't a nutbag?

Interesting article from Newsweek. http://www.newsweek.com/id/200025/page/1
"Why Health Advice on 'Oprah' could make you sick."


Excerpt:
 Because the truth is, some of what Oprah promotes isn't good, and a lot of the advice her guests dispense on the show is just bad. The Suzanne Somers episode wasn't an oddball occurrence. This kind of thing happens again and again on Oprah. Some of the many experts who cross her stage offer interesting and useful information (props to you, Dr. Oz). Others gush nonsense. Oprah, who holds up her guests as prophets, can't seem to tell the difference. She has the power to summon the most learned authorities on any subject; who would refuse her? Instead, all too often Oprah winds up putting herself and her trusting audience in the hands of celebrity authors and pop-science artists pitching wonder cures and miracle treatments that are questionable or flat-out wrong, and sometimes dangerous.

Oprah would probably not agree with this assessment. She declined to be interviewed for this article, but in a statement she said, "The guests we feature often share their first-person stories in an effort to inform the audience and put a human face on topics relevant to them. I've been saying for years that people are responsible for their actions and their own well-being. I believe my viewers understand the medical information presented on the show is just that—information—not an endorsement or prescription. Rather, my intention is for our viewers to take the information and engage in a dialogue with their medical practitioners about what may be right for them."

Yeah...I do remember...WAYYYYYY back when.

I used to watch her before she decided she was "big" enough to use her show for her own grandizing and as a political forum.  Back when her show was about helping ALL kinds of people and teaching things and providing HELPFUL information.

Now I watch Ellen because she's funny.

Maybe after so many years she's running out of stuff to talk about..I'd still like to just sit down and talk to her..or better yet, have her at a group gathering with us..liike at Loralea's house, so she can see a bunch of WLSers and how life REALLY is...not to change her mind...just to SHOW her...cuz I DO remember her from way back when...when I rooted for her to "make it"