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As an outsider I have always found it interesting Oprah has a huge gathering from her talk shows. While there are stories outlining her rise, I wanted to see so
by thisisit 9y ago
As an outsider I have always found it interesting Oprah has a huge gathering from her talk shows. While there are stories outlining her rise, I wanted to see some of her "best" interviews, especially during her early years. But Google or YT have not been very helpful.
- ebbv 9y agoShe's not a good interviewer. Her success has nothing to do with any kind of interviewing skill, it has to do with choosing hot button issues and topics that her audience find compelling. That's it. That's why there's so much woo-woo on her show over the years, and so many total fluff interviews, and so much panic about child safety. Because it was a daytime show aimed at housewives.
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- downrightmike 9y agoHer shows over the years have largely been about reaffirming people's delusional beliefs for headlines. But that's what gets the viewers.
- Torgo 9y agoIn her early years, her show was more like a salacious talk show, like Jerry Springer.
- dragonwriter 9y agoOprah is less of an interviewer than a cooperative promoter for those selling feel-good narratives, social panic, and (often health-related) woo. The first is probably mostly harmless, the second and third decidedly not.