The book on Oprah by Kittey Kelley is actually pretty good. Its interesting on Amazon, the reviews are polarized in a cultish manner pro-con. [
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In terms of James Ray, and why Oprah promoted him, it does explain a lot.
Apparently Oprah has exaggerated, fabricated, and lied to a rather large degree about her past and childhood, to make a better Story for the audience.
This is the same tactic used by every New Age Guru, like James Ray, Byron Katie, and others.
Oprah even claimed her only pets were 2 cockroaches, when apparently they had many family pets, and things along those lines.
So there is a great deal of fabrication of Stories about the past Oprah autobiography, standard LGAT Guru stuff, combined with hollywood-style personality marketing.
The other aspect are the outrageous and punishing LIFETIME gag-orders that Oprah puts on EVERYONE, all of her staff, and anyone who goes on her show has to agree to those gag-orders, or they don't go on the show. Oprah's companies apparently have about 25 lawyers.
A writer named Chris Rose explains how after a 10 hr day, the Oprah producers tried to bully him into signing that gag-order, and he refused.
As not read by Oprah Wednesday, August 29, 2007 Chris Rose [
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Of course, who is going to openly criticize someone like Oprah, who will ban you for life from her shows if you criticize her? That is an extremely powerful system self-censorship, if you think about it.
In terms of Oprah endorsing James Ray, there is really no excuse for Oprah and her producers. They put everyone through the ringer for WEEKS before they appear on the show, so they know all about the complaints against their Gurus and guests, they know everything about them.
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"Its a cult at Harpo. So oppressive its frightening....If America really knew how this woman operates behind the scenes, they'd be shocked, but no one inside will tell you, because they'd be canned, and those who've escaped to the outside don't want to risk being sued. Oprah has lawyers straining at the leash like pit bulls to go after anyone who might diminish her brand...
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