40 Year Old Atheist » woo http://40yearoldatheist.com Ramblings of a Middle Aged Guy Who Found Relief Through Non-Belief Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:07:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Oprah Woo-Woo Is About To Grow Exponentially http://40yearoldatheist.com/oprah-woo-woo-is-about-to-grow-exponentially/2009/11/ http://40yearoldatheist.com/oprah-woo-woo-is-about-to-grow-exponentially/2009/11/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:04:15 +0000 40 Year Old Atheist http://40yearoldatheist.com/?p=766 homepage_header_oprah_166x145Well, the Queen of Talk has announced that she’ll be retiring her long-standing talk show. Seems reasonable. After all, she’s worked tirelessly on building her empire for almost 25 years and probably could use some down time. But …hang on just a second. Did I read the article right?

“After her broadcast talk show winds down, Ms. Winfrey will concentrate on her coming cable channel, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.”

…whoa, whoa WHOA! It sure doesn’t look like down time is what’s on her mind. What she really wants to do is build her own cable channel and put more shows on the air. The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) will be developing it’s own brand of TV and, based on her track record so far, I think it’s safe to assume she’ll be giving skeptics a great deal to talk about for some time to come.

Oprah’s featured lots of woo in the past (e.g. The Secret) and has already committed to helping anti-vax nutbar Jenny McCarthy start her own show.

An Oprah cable channel is not going to be good news for rationalism in America. Now, instead of one talking head, you’ll have an Oprah army of them.

Get your note pads… and shovels ready.

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