Gotta admit that I have never paid much attention to Oprah Winfrey … admired her media success … but it just didn’t matter much to me.
That’s ok, because I’m definitely not in her target market.
But, a couple of articles caught my eye last week.
The first was one of many that broadcast an excerpt from the book “The Amateur” that claimed that Oprah — despite her impactful endorsement of Obama — has been largely shunned by the Obamas.
Why?
Gossipy reports say that Michelle feels threatened by powerful women around Barack, and — according to Oprah herself — “Michelle hates fat people and doesn’t want me waddling around the White House!’
Ouch.
Regardless of cause, nobody seems to dispute that Oprah hasn’t been in view around the White House … or on Obama’s campaign bus.
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A second article in the NRO chronicled Oprah’s decline as a mega-media powerhouse.
She’s still a big deal … just not as big as she used to be.
One theory of the case is that lost the hearts of many of her followers when she dissed Hillary — the woman candidate — and endorsed Obama:
Oprah had chosen the less-qualified, less-experienced black man over the more-qualified, more-experienced white woman.
It didn’t take long for Oprah to feel the backlash.
Hell hath no fury like millions of women scorned.
Even the major media outlets couldn’t ignore the firestorm Oprah had ignited by choosing one part of her identity over another.
One ABC News headline said it most plainly: “Women Angry Over Oprah-Obama Campaign.”
Of course, there’s more to the story than that …. Oprah also blew off the mass media networks for her own cable network and Ellen Degeneres caught fire.
Still, an interesting connection, right?
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