And that doesn't mean that I'm saying she was being dishonest. A second or two later, she said, I'm deeply story.īut she's amazing. She immediately then said she regretted her call to Larry King.

SCARBOROUGH: At the top of the show, Oprah said she regretted this. And that's one reason why Oprah said she got led down the primrose path, just like everybody else, Joe. It got all the way to Oprah, and she said, look, check it out with the publisher, and they did, and the publisher stood by the book. And, so, the producer sent it up the food chain. Oprah said on the show that eight days after the book was announced as a selection in her book club, they got a call, her show got a call from a former drug counselor at Hazelden, where Frey supposedly got his treatment.Īnd the counselor told the producer that Frey had-wasn't telling the truth, that he had greatly distorted what happens at the treatment center. She also took on the publisher of the book, Nan Talese. I think one of the extraordinary things about watching this was how different it was from when she called into “Larry King” on January 11, when Frey was on that show, and she essentially dismissed all the controversy over whether he had gotten all the details right as much ado about nothing. And she was very, very aggressive at going after the truth and getting the truth out of James Frey. She was, throughout the interview, at times embarrassed, indignant, tenacious, humbled. And the question is how are those fans going to react to this show? It was an extraordinary performance, to see her stand up there, and in front of her audience and on national TV, admit that she made a mistake, admit that she is very, very interested in getting to the truth. Her fans, if she says buy it, her fans go out and do it. About the only thing she hasn't been able to significantly impact the sales of is the Pontiac G6 that she gave away on one show.īut other than that, she really has that magic touch.

Her favorite things show of the gifts and the gadgets that are featured on the show, all their sales go up. She has the ability to sell magazines, to sell books. First of all, the first question is, has Oprah restored her credibility? And then the second question is, what will the publishing world do now? Will they improve the vetting of non-fiction works? As to Oprah's credibility, she is a billion-dollar brand and a marketing Midas.

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