The Smoking Gun goes investigative
I never knew the Smoking Gun did investigative work, but apparently they did here. Interestingly enough, it looks like Oprah got snookered again.
Three months ago, in what the talk show host termed a “radical departure,” Winfrey announced that “A Million Little Pieces,” author James Frey’s nonfiction memoir of his vomit-caked years as an alcoholic, drug addict, and criminal, was her latest selection for the world’s most powerful book club.
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Police reports, court records, interviews with law enforcement personnel, and other sources have put the lie to many key sections of Frey’s book. The 36-year-old author, these documents and interviews show, wholly fabricated or wildly embellished details of his purported criminal career, jail terms, and status as an outlaw “wanted in three states.”
I’m glad she’s got a book club and that she pushes books she thinks are worthwhile. Even if most are middlebrow-at-best warm family homily pablum with a redemptive ending, it’s better than endorsing manufactured products or exercise equipment. Dont’ get me wrong, Oprah’s still an insensitive wealthy alien idiot prone to blaming things on racism, but I’m all for reading.