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Originally Posted by Disinfo Agent
I was referring to Oprah's general message, not to the "The Secret". While she may endorse "The Secret" misguidedly, that doesn't mean that her whole life philosophy is contained in it.
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Not sure what her life philosophy is, and have no reason to believe it is what she says it is. That is the problem with commercial entertainment. Without a certain level of intimacy, which is completely non-existent in an entertainer/audience member relationship, you can only guess as to what makes her tick. (As mentioned before, the fact that she feels the need to plaster her face everywhere really makes me wonder about what drives her).
She is a marketeer's dream. She is very much flavor of the day, well; maybe flavor of the month. She is an entertainer. Her job is to get and hold viewers, to increase ratings, and sell commercial time. I think people who are taken in by her emotionally forget that. They grant her credibility and accept her wisdom in areas in which she clearly has no authority. Much of her advice is no different than if one of her viewers read a book, liked the content, then went out and insisted everyone read it (and consider it gospel). The biggest difference being that she has learned to market herself (to a very susceptible audience).