Well as I lay in my sick bed yesterday I took small consolation that uber-liar James Frey was finally called out by the woman who made him millions, Oprah Winfrey. As readers of SFPH know, Frey’s fictional memoir of his life as a criminal drug addict was

And, yes, Oprah. Truth matters.

At the end of the show the question was asked:

“How much value does contemporary culture place on truth?”

Very little Oprah. We have a whole society that buys into the lie that addiction is a “disease”. Thats …

What a show we have lined up for Sunday evening.
In the 9pm hour, we are excited to announce that we will have with us Andrew Goldberg, the Managing Editor of the fabulous web site The Smoking Gun.
What a week for The Smoking Gun, having debunke…

Is Oprah going to walop me with a public spanking like she did that poor Frey guy? Is some hotshot lawyer going to sue my butt off for selling fiction as non-fiction? Is my mug going to be all over the Sunday talk shows as the latest shame of America…

I meant to publish a post alerting you to James Frey appearing on Oprah today. But, oops, I forgot to…

From the NY Observer’s Media Mob blog, which endured today’s Oprah show (HT Drudge):

Oprah on Frey: “I Was Wrong”
On today’s live Oprah Winfrey show, Ms. Winfrey apologized to her audience and to readers of her book cl…

In fact, flanked by his publisher, Frey looked like a 5-year old child who’s just been scolded by his parents after he’s been caught…well…lying.

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BS so thick you need waders, nevertheless Michelle Malkin gets right in the thick of it, blogging Oprah to task…

By Debbie Schlussel It was a little hilarious to watch Oprah get all self-righteous, today, on her show about fabricating author James Frey (Michelle Malkin has the video). After all Ms. Thang of Daytime has repeatedly tried to dupe her…

By Debbie Schlussel It was a little hilarious to watch Oprah get all self-righteous, today, on her show about fabricating author James Frey (Michelle Malkin has the video). After all Ms. Thang of Daytime has repeatedly tried to dupe her…

Oprah Winfrey to author James Frey on this afterno…

Admitting when you’re wrong can be very difficult.
Some of you may have been following the story of James Frey, exaggerator extraordinaire and author of A Million Little Pieces. An appearance on Oprah’s show netted him fame and cash. She…

Now Oprah turns on her start pupil. CNN has the goods.
“I feel duped,” she said Thursday on her syndicated talk show. “But more importantly, I feel that you betrayed millions of readers.”
Now it seems that the book’s most memorable point, the trips to …