And this is a valid criticism, but plenty of morning news shows were doing the same thing the whole time. There was a whole circuit, of which Oprah was the pinnacle.
June 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
And this is a valid criticism, but plenty of morning news shows were doing the same thing the whole time. There was a whole circuit, of which Oprah was the pinnacle.
I think it’s misogynistic AF (and racist) to pin sole blame on Oprah when Joe Pyne started the controversial talk radio format in the 60s, and shock jocks like Howard Stern advanced and perfected it, long before Oprah got on the air. And it was years before Oz &co were know to be snake oil sellers.
June 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I think it’s misogynistic AF (and racist) to pin sole blame on Oprah when Joe Pyne started the controversial talk radio format in the 60s, and shock jocks like Howard Stern advanced and perfected it, long before Oprah got on the air. And it was years before Oz &co were know to be snake oil sellers.
I find them so uplifting. You are clawing tiny bits of joy from every day life, which is more than most people do. You make this slice of the Internet just a little bit better, and I hope that we can manage to return the favor from time to time.
November 19, 2024 at 10:58 AM
I find them so uplifting. You are clawing tiny bits of joy from every day life, which is more than most people do. You make this slice of the Internet just a little bit better, and I hope that we can manage to return the favor from time to time.