Oprah

by Kitty Kelley

  TV/DVDS: The Oprah Winfrey Show 20th Anniversary Collection (DVD set); The Oprah Winfrey Show, WLS-TV Chicago, “Second Anniversary,” aired Jan. 2, 1986 (viewed at www.museum.tv); Oprah Winfrey interviewed on Meet the Faith, BET, aired July 29, 2007; “Oprah’s Roots” special episode of African American Lives, PBS, aired 1/24/2007; Building a Dream, ABC special, aired Feb. 26, 2007; “Inside Oprah’s Holiday Trip,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, aired Jan. 17, 2007.

  INTERVIEWS: Nancy Stoddart, July 8, 2009; Fran Johns, Sept. 2007; Linda Reynolds Stern, Dec. 2008; Sandra Day O’Connor, Nov. 2008; Alice Walker, Oct. 7, 2008; Badi Foster, Feb. 27, 2007; Vernon Winfrey, Apr. 24, 2008; confidential source, Nov. 9, 2007; Rocky Twyman, May 20, 2008.

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  RECORDS: Transcripts of depositions of Rayford Dotch (June 16, 1997), LeGrande Green (Dec. 19, 1997), Dianne Hudson (June 18, 1997), James Kelley (June 18, 1997, and Dec. 19, 1997), Alice McGee (June 19, 1997), Oprah Winfrey (June 14, 1997, and Dec. 12, 1997), and Andrea Wishom (June 17, 1997) in the case of Texas Beef Group et al. v. Winfrey et al., case no. 2:96-cv-00208, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; documents in the case of Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company v. Winfrey et al., case no. 8:09-cv-00145-JFB-TDT, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; results of searches “Harpo” and “Oprah,” U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Electronic Search System; decision in the case of Elizabeth Coady v. Harpo, Inc., case no. 1-99-0481, 1st District, Illinois Appellate Court; documents in the case of Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane v. Oprah Winfrey et al., case no. 2:08-CV-4884 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; transcript, Jean Harris on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Aug. 22, 1988.

  BOOKS: Bill Adler, ed., The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey (Citadel Press, 1997); Susan Faludi, The Terror Dream (Metropolitan Books, 2007).

  ARTICLES: Patricia Sellars, “The Business of Being Oprah,” Fortune, Apr. 1, 2000; Robert Feder, “Cynics’ Shots at Oprah ‘Come with the Territory,’ ” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 30, 1997; “Happy Anniversary! The Oprah Show Turns 20,” O, The Oprah Magazine, Oct. 2005; P. J. Bednarski, “All About Oprah Inc.,” Broadcasting and Cable, June 24, 2005; Robert Kurson, “The Silent Treatment,” Chicago, July 2001; “Call Harpo Productions Anonymous Confession Hot Line,” www.oprah.com (downloaded Nov. 2, 2006); “Listing of Full Trademarks,” www.oprah.com (downloaded Sept. 9, 2009); Mary McNamara, “The Life of Hollywood,” Los Angeles Times, Dec. 11, 2005; Logan Hill, “Harry Benson Gets Shots You Just Don’t See Anymore,” New York, Dec. 7, 2009; Kandace Raymond, “Oprah Fan Awaits Big Day,” Nov. 14, 2007, www.13wmaz.com; Elizabeth Coady, “World Class Phoney Oprah Winfrey and Her Sycophants,” Providence Journal, Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, Sept. 28, 2000; Michael Milner, “Free Speech Rocks! (When Oprah Calls the Tune),” Chicago Reader, Dec. 10, 1999; Tim Jones, “Muzzling Employees Host’s Prerogative but Winfrey’s Restriction Makes Some Howl,” Chicago Tribune, Apr. 16, 2000; Eric Deggans, “Oprah Fans Get into the Spirit,” St. Petersburg Times, June 21, 2003; Emily Farache, “Oprah to Underlings: Shut Your Mouth,” www.eonline.com, Apr. 17, 2000; Libby Copeland, “Our Lady of Perpetual Help,” Washington Post, June 26, 2000; Keith J. Kelly, “Oprah Defends Her Gag Rule for Staffers,” New York Post, Apr. 18, 2000; Ellen Warren and Terry Armour, “Oh, No: Oprah Faces Tribulation of Another Trial,” Chicago Tribune, Apr. 20, 2000; Grant McArthur, “Oprah Winfrey’s Search for Aussie Leader,” Sydney Daily Telegraph, Mar. 23, 2008; Ian Evans, “Trial to Lift Veil of Secrecy Over Oprah’s African Academy,” Independent, July 27, 2008; Sonia Murray, “Peach Fuzz,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Feb. 4, 2004; “Rumor: Oprah Shuts Down Filming of VH1 Reality Show…,” www.mediatakeout.com, Dec. 24, 2008; “Oprah to Take Delivery of Canadian Jet,” Toronto Star, June 4, 2006; Ben Bradley, “Winfrey’s Jet Grounded After Striking Bird in CA,” www.ABC7Chicago.com, Dec. 27, 2005; Harry Allen, “Owned by Nobody,” Vibe, Sept. 1997; Bill Zwecker, “Paris Store’s Hard Lesson: Don’t Mess with Oprah,” Chicago Sun-Times, June 23, 2005; George Rush and Joanna Molloy, “Snub a Pocketbook Issue to Oprah,” New York Daily News, June 22, 2005; “Store Sorry for Closed Door Policy,” Chicago Tribune, June 24, 2005; Gersh Kuntzman, “Pal: Oprah Humiliated by Hermès,” New York Post, June 24, 2005; “Ted and Sally’s Hot Buggy Ride,” New York Post, June 20, 2005; Pete Samson, “Noprah,” Daily Mirror, June 25, 2005; “French Diss?” People Weekly, July 11, 2005; Anna Kingston, “Rosa Parks She’s Not,” National Post, June 28, 2005; “Oprah’s Woes,” Montreal Gazette, June 30, 2005; Mary Mitchell, “In Paris, Not Even Oprah Winfrey Can Escape the Reality of Being Black,” Chicago Sun-Times, July 3, 2005; “Oprah Winfrey Was Denied Entry in Paris Because, as One Employee Said, They Had Been ‘Having a Problem with North Africans,’ ” National Review, July 18, 2005; Aaron McGruder, The Boondocks, July 11, 2005, www.gocomics.com; Rosie O’Donnell, “oprah hermès,” www.rosie.com, June 25, 2005; Orlando Patterson, “The Blind Pig,” New York Times, Feb. 10, 2008; William Grimes, “Colorblind Conclusions on Racism,” New York Times, Feb. 6, 2008; “Oprah Winfrey,” People Weekly, Dec. 28, 1987; Ginny Dougary, “Soul Queen,” London Times Magazine, Mar. 4, 1995; “Oprah Mistaken for Gender-Bending Bandit,” National Enquirer, Oct. 23, 2001; “Oprah After-Hours Shopping Spree,” National Enquirer, Dec. 20, 2001; “Anything Can Happen,” www.oprah.com, Sept. 19, 2005; Don Kaplan, “Oprah: Hermès Embarrassed Me,” New York Post, Sept. 20, 2005; “Oprah Gets On-Air Apology for Hermès Snub,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 21, 2005; Chris Rose, “As Not Read by Oprah,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, Aug. 29, 2007; “Inside Prison,” www.oprah.com, Dec. 12, 2003; Marieke Haredy, “Spare Me That Oprah Ego,” www.theage.com.au, Dec. 21, 2006; Grant Pick, “Oprah!” Republic, Jan. 1986; “Dot’s All…,” New York Daily News, Oct. 20, 1997; Elliott Harris, “St. Valentine Had a Cannon Out There,” Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 24, 2005; “Fashion Scoop: Oprah’s Playbill,” WWD, Apr. 18, 2006; Richard Roeper, “Apparently the Right Thing Isn’t the Smart Thing,” Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 4, 2003; Margery Eagan, “Ethics Go Out the Window with Titillating Smart Story,” Boston Herald, Oct. 28, 2003; Lisa de Moraes, “3 Weeks at No. 1: Fox Leads the League,” Washington Post, Oct. 29, 2003; Peter Johnson, “Personal Tragedy or Media Event?” USA Today, Oct. 27, 2003; “Elizabeth Smart TV Crossfire,” www.cnn.com, Oct. 27, 2003; Evgenia Peretz, “James Frey Gets a Bright, Shiny Apology from Oprah,” www.VanityFair.com, May 11, 2009; Jennifer Armstrong, “New James Frey Paperback Implies He Has Scandalous Recordings of Oprah…Or Not,” www.ew.com, May 5, 2009; Keith Bradsher, “Boy Who Killed Gets 7 Years; Judge Says Law Is Too Harsh,” New York Times, Jan. 14, 2000; Jennifer Chambers, “Oprah Gets Abraham to Apologize to Family,” Detroit News, Feb. 1, 2007; Marilyn Johnson, “Oprah Between the Covers,” Life, Sept. 1997; Josh Young, “How Oprah Dumped Monica,” George, Mar. 1999; Howard Kurtz and Lisa de Moraes, “Oprah Drops Monica Exclusive Over Money Issues,” Washington Post, Dec. 30, 1998; Barbara McMahon, “Why Oprah Rejected Lewinsky Interview,” Evening Standard, Sept. 30, 1998; Mike McDaniel, “ABC Catapults to Top of Weekly Ratings with Lewinsky and ‘Friends,’ ” Houston Chronicle, Mar. 10, 1999; Lawrie Mifflin with Stuart Elliott, “Lewinsky Proves to Be Popular with Both Viewers and Sponsors,” New York Times, Mar. 5, 1999; “Queen Oprah Speaks: Talk Show Is Becoming Guide to Winfrey Ways,” Boston Herald, Dec. 19, 1996; Natasha Singer, “The Oprah Treatment,” New York Times, May 11, 2006; Sarah Fiedelholtz, “These Are a Few of Oprah’s Favorite Things,” Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 23, 2004; “Favorite Things” lists, www.oprah.com, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008; “Late Night Jokes,” Jan. 19, 2007, www.newsmax.com; “7000 Reasons to Love Oprah,” Chicago Tribune, Nov. 22, 2005; Lewis Lazare, “Oprah Carried Away with Giveaways,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 16, 2004; Kelly Williams, “Drive, She Said,” People Weekly, Sept. 27, 2004; Richard Roeper, “Oprah-mercial Turns Her into Hawk Show Host,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 16, 2004; Richard Roeper, “Car Winners Finding Out There Is No Free Lunch,” Chicago Sun-Times,
Sept. 20, 2004; Lucio Guerro, “Oprah’s Car Giveaway Not Totally Free,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 22, 2004; “Oprah Car Winners Hit with Hefty Tax,” www.CNNMoney.com, Sept. 22, 2004; Howard Gensler, “Yale Classroom Takes Two Days to Play Jax,” Philadelphia Daily News, Sept. 27, 2004; “Vanity Fair 100,” Vanity Fair, Oct. 2006; Katherine Thomson, “The Billionaire Thank-You Note,” www.HuffingtonPost.com, Oct. 15, 2007; “More from Monterey: Would You Buy a Used Car from Oprah Winfrey?” www.latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospeed, July 28, 2008; “From Fat to Fabulous,” www.oprah.com, Sept. 15, 2005; “Madea Is Tyler Perry’s Other Half,” www.oprah.com, Mar. 6, 2009; Stephen M. Silverman, “Oprah Winfrey: Wealth Is a Good Thing,” www.people.com, Apr. 11, 2006; Leslie Marshall, “The Intentional Oprah,” InStyle, Nov. 1998; Lisa Kogan, “Oprah and Gayle Uncensored,” O, The Oprah Magazine, Aug. 2006; Susan Yerkes, “Out to Sea with Oprah,” San Antonio News Express, May 19, 1998; Mike O’Neill, “Key West Agog Over Oprah,” Tampa Tribune, Apr. 18, 1998; Nancy Wilson, “Maya’s Birthday,” Life, July 1998; “Oprah Gives Maya Big Birthday Bash,” Jet, May 19, 2003; “Oprah for Maya,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 2, 2008; Aldore D. Collier, “Oprah Honors Her Heroes in Three-Day Bash in Santa Barbara, CA,” Jet, June 6, 2005; Laurie Winer, “The Legends Who Lunch,” O, The Oprah Magazine, Aug. 2005; Lisa de Moraes, “Fox Crushes the Competition,” Washington Post, June 1, 2006; Bill Zwecker, “For Oprah, a Night Full of Friends,” Chicago Sun-Times, Mar. 1, 2005; Michelle Tauber and J. D. Heyman, “What a Party!” People Weekly, Feb. 16, 2004; “Oprah Turns 50,” Us, Feb. 16, 2004; Phil Rosenthal, “What Are You Looking At?” Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 6, 2004; “Oprah’s Big Birthday Plans,” Us, Feb. 16, 2004; Tom Gliatto, “A Party from the Heart,” People Weekly, May 30, 2005; Bill Zwecker, “Kate Minogue Postpones Tour to Battle Breast Cancer,” Chicago Sun-Times, May 18, 2005; André Leon Talley, “Thick and Thin,” Vogue, July 2005; “Oprah Talks About ‘Legends Ball,’ ” www.ABCNews.go.com, May 22, 2006; Stephanie A. Frederic, “Inside Oprah’s Bash for Obama,” Los Angeles Sentinel, Sept. 13–19, 2007; John McCormick and Christi Parsons, “Winfrey Draws Rich, Famous to Obama Bash,” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 9, 2007; Logan Hill, “Harry Benson Got Shots You Just Don’t See Anymore,” New York, Dec. 7, 2009.

  TV/DVD: The Oprah Winfrey Show 20th Anniversary Collection (DVD set); “The Oprah Effect,” CNBC Originals, CNBC, aired May 8, 2009; “Oprah’s Favorite Things,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, aired Nov. 20, 2007; “Oprah’s Song of Maya, Parts 1 and 2,” The Gayle King Show, aired May 20, 1998, and May 21, 1998.

  INTERVIEWS: Confidential source, Mar. 21, 2008; Robert Feder, Oct. 11, 2007; Cheryl Reed, Oct. 11, 2007, and June 25, 2007; Bill Zwecker, Oct. 11, 2007, and June 25, 2008; confidential source, Nov. 26, 2007; Laura Aye, June 24, 2008; confidential source, Nov. 28, 2007; Erica Jong, Dec. 17, 2006; confidential source, Oct. 17, 2007; Chris Rose, Aug. 20, 2009; Rachel Grady, Dec. 15, 2006, and Apr. 27, 2007; Suzanne Herz, June 15, 2007; confidential source, Mar. 22, 2007; Ed Victor, Nov. 9, 2007; confidential source, Aug. 22, 2008; Daniel J. Bagdade, May 7, 2008; Peggy Furth, Mar. 16, 2007; correspondence with Wayne Kabak, Sept. 29, 2009; correspondence with Cameron Smith, Apr. 25, 2007; Blair Sabol, July 28, 2007; Miyuki Williams, Jan. 20, 2007; correspondence with Joe Armstrong, Mar. 6, 2009; Alice Walker, Oct. 7, 2008; David McFadden, M.D., Dec. 24, 2008.

  TWENTY

  RECORDS: Search results for “Winfrey” at www.opensecrets.org; Federal Communications Commission file of complaints against The Oprah Winfrey Show, 2004–2007; Federal Communication Commission, “Notices of Apparent Liability and Memorandum Opinion and Order, Mar. 2006,” released Mar. 15, 2006; letter, Jerry Glover, The Entertainment and Intellectual Property Group LLC, to Patrick Crowe, Oprah for President, Aug. 22, 2006; Public Law 103-209, 103rd Congress, National Child Protection Act of 1993; transcript, “Keeping Hope Alive,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oct. 18, 2006; search results for “Oprah Winfrey,” “Stedman Graham,” and “Harpo,” Federal Election Commission, Individual Contributions Search, Disclosure Data Search.

  BOOKS: Patrick H. Crowe, Oprah for President: Run, Oprah, Run! (Crowe Enterprises, 2005); Richard Wolffe, Renegade (Crown Publishers, 2009).

  ARTICLES: “Oprah Winfrey’s Biography,” www.oprah.com (downloaded Feb. 20, 2009); “The Oprah Winfrey Show Global Distribution List,” www.oprah.com, May 2009; Stephanie D. Smith, “The Circulation Gauge,” WWD, Aug. 27, 2009; Patricia Sellars, “The Business of Being Oprah,” Fortune, Apr. 1, 2000; Peter Lauria, “NBC Breathes In,” New York Post, Oct. 10, 2007; Meg James, “Oprah Teams with Discovery on New Cable Channel,” Los Angeles Times, Jan. 15, 2008; “Oprah.com Facts,” www.oprah.com, May 2008; “Oprah Most Requested Stop in PR Campaigns,” www.PR-inside.com, Jan. 12, 2008; Mark Jurkowitz, “Attack of the 50-Foot Oprah,” Boston Phoenix, Feb. 9, 2006; Nancy F. Koehn and Erica Helms, “Oprah Winfrey,” Harvard Business School Publication 9-803-190, May 8, 2003, revised June 1, 2005; “A Class Act: Oprah Hosts Students of History 298,” Inside Illinois, May 17, 2001; “The Age of Oprah,” cover, Newsweek, Jan. 18, 2001; “Queen Oprah,” Wall Street Journal, Sept. 17, 1997; LaTonya Taylor, “The Church of O,” Christianity Today, Apr. 1, 2002; Mary McNamara, “The Life of Hollywood,” Los Angeles Times, Dec. 11, 2005; Lynn Sweet, “Bush, Gore in Hot Seat with Oprah,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 10, 2000; Robert Feder, “Gore to Help Kick Off New Season of Oprah,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 1, 2000; “Oprah Lines Up Gore as Guest for Sept. 11,” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 1, 2000; Joyce Millman, “The Road to the White House Goes Through Oprah,” www.Salon.com, Sept. 25, 2000; transcript, “Bill Moyers Talks with Dr. Ronald Walters,” Bill Moyers Journal, Dec. 14, 2007, www.pbs.org; Lynn Sweet, “Oprah Backs Obama but Will She Vote for Him?” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 7, 2007; Brad Ritzer, “I Would Have Done This Job for Free,” Woman, Dec. 14, 1998; Ginny Dougary, “Soul Queen,” London Times Magazine, Mar. 4, 1995; Martyn Palmer, “Unloved but Unbowed,” London Times, Feb. 25, 1999; Joshua Green, “Take Two,” Atlantic Monthly, Nov. 2006; “Obama and the Oprah Factor,” Newsmax, May 2008; Larry King, “Hannibal Lecter Turns Up in Italy,” USA Today, June 15, 1992; Michael Kranish, “Oprah on Dole Chat: I Just Won’t Do It,” Boston Globe, Oct. 11, 1996; Michael Starr, “Oprah Denies Bouncing Dole,” New York Post, Oct. 11, 1996; Thomas Galvin, “Oprah Tells Bob to Take a Hike,” New York Post, Oct. 8, 1996; Robert Feder, “Oprah Lets Political Parade Pass Her By,” Chicago Sun-Times, Aug. 26, 1996; Phil Kloer, “Beatles and ‘Soul Train’ Make Music for Sweeps,” Atlanta Constitution, Nov. 1, 1995; Irv Kupcinet, “Kup’s Column,” Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 7, 1997; Louis Lague, “The White-Tie House,” People Weekly, June 27, 1994; Donnie Radcliffe and Jacqueline Trescott, “Politics and Putters,” Washington Post, June 28, 1989; Will Lesher, “Bush, Gore Hope Oprah Will Be the Way to Gain Crucial Female Votes,” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 8, 2000; David Skinner, “Gore’s Softsell on ‘Oprah,’ ” www.Salon.com, Sept. 12, 2000; Phil Rosenthal, “Selling Obama May Be Beyond Oprah’s Reach,” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 7, 2007; “Getting Off the Couch,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 21, 2000; Gary Wisby, “Punch Card, Punch Line,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 17, 2000; “Gore Gets a Laugh on Oprah’s Show,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 11, 2000; Naftali Bendavid, “Gore Wins Battle of Wills on ‘Oprah’ Show,” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 12, 2000; Mark Brown, “Gore Had Nothing to Fear with Oprah,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 22, 2000; Michael Sneed, “Sneed,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 22, 2000; “Bush Has His Turn to Woo Women Voters on ‘Oprah,’ ” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 18, 2000; Richard Roeper, “Preppies Bush, Gore Are Hard Not to Heckle,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 20, 2000; “Texas Governor George W. Bush Has Revealing Talk with Oprah,” Jet, Sept. 19, 2000; Matthew Mosk, “The Magic Touch?” Washington Post, Sept. 5, 2007; Gloria Steinem, “Oprah Winfrey: How America Got with the Program,” Time, Apr. 18, 2005; Ellen Warren and Terry Farmer, “Bush Has Idea for Oprah’s Next Lifestyle Makeover,” Chicago Tribune, Apr. 16, 2001; “Oprah Talks to Laura Bush,” O, The Oprah Magazine, May 2001;
Tara Copp, “First Lady Working Hard on Home Front,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 19, 2001; “Oprah Fears Trip, Skips O Premiere in South Africa,” Chicago Sun-Times, Apr. 11, 2002; “Oprah Skips South African Launch of ‘O’ Magazine,” National Enquirer, Apr. 11, 2002; Jeff, Zeleny, “Oprah Declines Bush Invite to Afghan Trip,” Chicago Tribune, Mar. 29, 2002; “Winfrey Won’t Tour for Bush,” New York Times, Mar. 30, 2002; Andy Geller, “Envoy Oprah a No-Go,” New York Post, Mar. 30, 2002; Barbara E. Martinez, “No Oprah, No Afghan Trip,” Washington Post, Mar. 30, 2002; Joseph Honig, “Oprah Balks,” Los Angeles Daily News, Apr. 8, 2002; “Oprah Just Says No,” People Weekly, Apr. 15, 2002; Sally A. Tully, “Oprah’s Decline,” Chicago Tribune, Apr. 16, 2002; Michael Starr and Adam Buckman, “Oprah Complains to Pals on ‘The View,’ White House Set Me Up,” New York Post, Apr. 3, 2002; Anne Basile, “My Letter to Oprah,” www.educate-yourself.org, Oct. 9, 2002; Sacha Zimmerman, “Saint Oprah,” www.thenewrepublic.com, May 21, 2007; transcript, “Buying the War,” Bill Moyers Journal, Apr. 25, 2007, www.pbs.org; Laurence van Gelder, “Arts Briefing,” New York Times, Sept. 18, 2003; “Sweden Censures Oprah for Pro-War Bias,” Circom Report, Oct. 2003; Bill O’Reilly, “I Made a Mistake…,” www.foxnews.com, Mar. 3, 2003; Larry Elder, “You’ve Got Mail,” www.worldnetdaily.com, Dec. 29, 2006; Tom Shales, “A Media Role in Setting the War? No Question,” Washington Post, Apr. 25, 2007; “Howard vs. Oprah,” Star, Mar. 27, 2004; Greg Gatlin, “Stern Drags Oprah into Indecency Battle,” Boston Herald, Mar. 20, 2004; “Is Oprah Next in FCC Crosshairs?” Newsweek, Apr. 12, 2004; Richard Roeper, “By FCC Standards, Oprah More Dangerous Than Stern,” Chicago Sun-Times, Mar. 24, 2004; Brian Hutchinson, “Stern Rebuke by FCC,” New York Daily News, Mar. 19, 2004; Jeff Jarvis, “Oprah, Pontificating Panderer,” www.buzzmachine.com, Mar. 26, 2004; Scott Steepleton, “FCC Should Gauge All by the Same Rules,” Santa Barbara News-Press, Apr. 12, 2004; Robert Paul Reyes, “Oprah Winfrey Goes the Jerry Springer Route to Garner High Ratings,” www.americanchronicle.com, Feb. 24, 2006; Nitya Venkataraman, “Oprah Winfrey Presents: Barack Obama,” www.ABCNews.go.com, Dec. 7, 2007; Gary Cohen et al., “Women Say Schwarzenegger Groped, Humiliated Them,” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 2, 2003; Tracy Weber et al., “3 More Women Allege Misconduct,” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 4, 2003; Gary Cohen et al., “4 More Women Go Public Against Schwarzenegger,” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 5, 2003; Carla Hall, “Another Alleged Victim Comes Forward,” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 7, 2003; Maltea Gold and George Rubin, “Critics See Story as Hatchet Job,” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 4, 2003; Bill Carter and Brian Stelter, “Letterman Extortion Question Raises Questions for CBS,” New York Times, Oct. 3, 2009; Mark Steyn, “Comic Oprah,” National Review, Mar. 23, 2008; Tim Griere, “Would You Let Your Sister Vote for this Man?” www.Salon.com, Aug. 30, 2003; Hank Steuver, “Is This Any Way to Make a Movie?” Washington Post, Sept. 7, 2003; Molly Ivins, “So Whose Mess Is California Anyway?” Tulsa World, Aug. 27, 2003; “Season Premiere,” www.oprah.com, Sept. 15, 2003; Scott Martelle, “Schwarzenegger Plays Up Family in ‘Oprah’ Talk,” Los Angeles Times, Sept. 16, 2003; David K. Li, “Maria Defends Her Husband on Oprah,” New York Post, Sept. 16, 2003; “The Arnold Show,” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 16, 2003; Mary McNamara, “O to a Higher Power,” Los Angeles Times, Dec. 11, 2005; “Oprah, Arnold and Equal Time,” New York Times, Sept. 17, 2003; Katha Pollitt, “Governor Groper?” Nation, Oct. 6, 2003; “President Oprah Hits the Web,” www.news.bbc.co.uk, Oct. 6, 1999; Michael Moore, “Draft Oprah for President,” www.michaelmoore.com (downloaded June 28, 2006); Robert Fulghum, “Journal,” www.robertfulghum.com, Aug. 14, 2006; “Top Ten Things Overheard at the Republican Weekend,” Late Show with David Letterman, Feb. 21, 1995, www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow; Kelli Bamforth, “One Man’s Idea for President Turns National Sensation,” Wednesday Sun, Dec. 26, 2007; transcript, Larry King Live, Sept. 25, 2006; Don Kaplan, “Please Hold for Oprah,” New York Post, Oct. 14, 2006; Judy Markey, “Opinionated Oprah!” Woman’s Day, Oct. 4, 1988; Nell Scovell, “Dressing Room Dropout,” New York Times Style Magazine, Holiday 2006; “Former Olympic Medalist Marion Jones’ First Interview After Prison,” www.oprah.com, Oct. 24, 2008; Allison Samuels, “Toni Tells Her Troubles,” Newsweek, May 1, 2000; Howard Kurtz, “For NBC President, a Week in the Hot Seat,” Washington Post, Apr. 30, 2007; “The Virginia Tech Videotape Debate,” www.oprah.com, Apr. 24, 2007; Richard Zoglin, “Lady with a Calling,” Time, Aug. 8, 1988; Daniel Margolick, “Through a Lens Darkly,” www.vanityfair.com, Sept. 24, 2007; “Fun with Oprah,” www.ddy.com (“Oprah Log” downloaded Oct. 9, 2009); Alyson Ward, “Oprah, Dave. Dave, Oprah,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Nov. 30, 2005; Phil Rosenthal, “What Are You Looking At?” Chicago Sun-Times, Feb., 1, 2002; Phil Rosenthal, “Oprah, Please Call Dave,” Chicago Sun-Times, Jan. 7, 2002; Top Ten Lists, Late Show with David Letterman, Nov. 11, 1993, June 29, 1994, May 3, 1999, Mar. 29, 2004, Oct. 10, 2005, and Nov. 22, 2005, www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow; “Scoop,” People Weekly, Dec. 5, 2005; Aaron Barnhart, “Back on Speaking Terms: Dave and Oprah Chat Tonight,” Kansas City Star, Dec. 1, 2005; David Bauder, “Oprah’s Appearance Triples Letterman’s Audiences,” Chicago Sun-Times, Dec. 3, 2005; Lisa de Moraes, “Oprah Gives Peace—and Letterman—a Chance,” Washington Post, Dec. 2, 2005; “Oprah Talks to Bill Clinton,” O, The Oprah Magazine, Aug. 2004; Tom McNamee and Mike Thomas, “Clinton Book Tour Gets Around to Oprah’s Set,” Chicago Sun-Times, June 23, 2004; Jeff Simon, “A Long ‘Life,’ ” Buffalo News, June 26, 2004; “Glitz Meets Grits,” Chicago Sun-Times, Jan. 19, 1993; “President Clinton Signs ‘Oprah Bill,’ New Law to Protect Children,” Jet, Jan. 10, 1994; Mark Jurkowitz, “Clinton’s Charm and Confessions Play Well on TV,” Boston Globe, June 24, 2004; “Presidential Performance,” Broadcasting and Cable, June 28, 2004; “Performance of the Week,” Time, July 5, 2004; “Oprah Talks to Barack Obama,” O, The Oprah Magazine, Nov. 2004; “Living the American Dream,” www.oprah.com, Jan. 19, 2005; Dr. Ink, “A Look Behind the Scenes,” Poynter Online (www.poynter.org), Oct. 17, 2006; Noel Sheppard, “Bill O’Reilly and Michelle Malkin Take on Oprah,” www.newsbusters.org, Oct. 17, 2006; Matthew Mosk, “Oprah’s Couch for Obama Only,” www.blogs.washingtonpost.com, Sept. 5, 2007; “Late Night Jokes,” Oct. 5, 2009, www.newsmax.com; “Oprah’s Statement Regarding Gov. Sarah Palin on The Oprah Winfrey Show,” www.oprah.com, Sept. 5, 2008; Alex Leary, “Florida Republicans Say No to Oprah,” The Buzz (www.blogs.tampabay.com), Sept. 6, 2008; “Oprah on the Palin Rumors,” www.extratv.warnerbrothers.com, Dec. 4, 2008; Garance Franke-Ruta, “Oprah and Obama, Together Again,” www.voices.washingtonpost.com, Nov. 25, 2009; Lisa de Moraes, “Who’s Unwilling to Pull Punches with Sarah?” Washington Post, Nov. 18, 2009; Tina Brown, “Sarah Drops the Act,” www.thedailybeast.com, Nov. 18, 2009; Sharon Cotlier, “15 Questions with Bill Clinton,” www.people.com, May 22, 2008; “Late Night Jokes,” Sept. 5, 2009, www.newsmax.com; Dan Frederick, “Oprah to Host Obama Fundraiser,” Top of the Ticket (www.latimesblogs.latimes.com), July 7, 2007; Lynn Sweet, “Oprah’s Obama Fundraiser Sold Out?” Chicago Sun-Times, July 30, 2007; Soo Youn and Michael Saul, “Oprah Winfrey Raises $3 Million for Barack Obama,” New York Daily News, Sept. 9, 2007; John McCormick and Christi Parsons, “Winfrey Draws Rich and Famous to Obama Bash,” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 9, 2007; Jonathan King, “The Oprah/Barack Affair,” Montecito Journal, Sept. 13, 2007; Richard Mineards, “From the First Canape to the Very Last Cocktail,” Santa Barbara News- Press, Sept. 11, 2007; “Oprah Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Obama,” USA Today, Sept. 9, 2007; Tina Daunt, “Obama Finds Lots of Green in Oprah’s Meadow,” Los Angeles Times, Sept. 9, 2007; transcript, Larry King Live, May 1, 2007; Colleen Mastory, “Oprah’s Gamble,” Chicago Tribune, Dec. 13, 2007; “Ellen DeGeneres Is New Favorite TV Personality as Oprah Slips to Number Two,” The Harris Poll , #6, Jan. 14, 2008; John McCormick, “First Oprah, Next Gayle King,” Swamp (www.weblogs.baltimoresun.com), Dec. 12, 2007; “How He Did It,” Newsweek, Nov. 5, 2008; Caroline Kennedy, “A President Like My Father,” New
York Times, Jan. 27, 2008; Joan Walsh, “Don’t Call Oprah a ‘Traitor,’ ” www.Salon.com, Feb. 4, 2008; “The Secret Behind the Secret,” www.oprah.com, Feb. 6, 2008; Edward McClellan, “More Than 125,000 Witness History in Chicago,” www.Salon.com, Nov. 26, 2008; “Madonna, Oprah, Other Celebrities React to Obama’s Win,” AP, Nov. 5, 2008; Craig Garthwaite and Timothy J. Moore, “The Role of Celebrity Endorsements in Politics: Oprah, Obama, and the 2008 Democratic Primary,” unpublished, Sept. 2008; John Carlucci, “Winfrey on Politics: I Did My Part for Change,” AP, Sept. 14, 2009.