TOP 5 OPRAH FAILS: Calling For People To Die, Racism Hoaxes, Allowed Praise Of Jihad On Show – And More
"Where was the Hollywood Press Association that was receiving such plaudits at the hands of Oprah Winfrey, again, a woman who was good friends with Harvey Weinstein, being cheered by Meryl Streep, a woman who gave a standing ovation to Roman Polanski?"
Here are some of Oprah's top fails:
5. Golden Globe Awards Speech
Hollywood and the mainstream media promoted Oprah as "brave" following her speech at the 75th Golden Globe Awards, but, as Shapiro pointed out, "What the hell kind of risk was she taking?"
Shapiro told Fox News' Martha MacCallum: "She was standing in front of an entire town filled with sexual abusers and harassers. She said nothing about it for 20 years; she was being cheered by people who said nothing about it for 20 years, and there she is pretending that she’s leading the fight."
4. Oprah Suggests Americans Are Racist – Even If They Do Not Have Ill Will Toward Black People
3. Oprah Gives Platform To An Islamic Scholar Who Says Islamic Jihad Is Only A Spiritual Battle – Not A 'Holy War'
2. Oprah Makes "Absolutely Not True" Racism Allegations Against A Store Clerk In Europe
1. Oprah Says Older Generations "Just Have To Die" To Solve The Problem Of Racism
In a 2013 interview with the BBC, Winfrey said that entire generations "just have to die" to cure the problem of racism.
After Winfrey told the BBC's Will Gompertz that she thought that racism has "gotten better," Gompertz asked Winfrey if she thought the problem was solved.
Winfrey responded, "Of course problem is not solved. You know, as long as people can be judged by the color of their skin, problem’s not solved. As long as there are people who still, there’s a whole generation – I say this, you know, I said this, you know, for apartheid South Africa, I said this for my own, you know, community in the south – there are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die."
"Where was the Hollywood Press Association that was receiving such plaudits at the hands of Oprah Winfrey, again, a woman who was good friends with Harvey Weinstein, being cheered by Meryl Streep, a woman who gave a standing ovation to Roman Polanski?"
Here are some of Oprah's top fails:
5. Golden Globe Awards Speech
Hollywood and the mainstream media promoted Oprah as "brave" following her speech at the 75th Golden Globe Awards, but, as Shapiro pointed out, "What the hell kind of risk was she taking?"
Shapiro told Fox News' Martha MacCallum: "She was standing in front of an entire town filled with sexual abusers and harassers. She said nothing about it for 20 years; she was being cheered by people who said nothing about it for 20 years, and there she is pretending that she’s leading the fight."
4. Oprah Suggests Americans Are Racist – Even If They Do Not Have Ill Will Toward Black People
3. Oprah Gives Platform To An Islamic Scholar Who Says Islamic Jihad Is Only A Spiritual Battle – Not A 'Holy War'
2. Oprah Makes "Absolutely Not True" Racism Allegations Against A Store Clerk In Europe
1. Oprah Says Older Generations "Just Have To Die" To Solve The Problem Of Racism
In a 2013 interview with the BBC, Winfrey said that entire generations "just have to die" to cure the problem of racism.
After Winfrey told the BBC's Will Gompertz that she thought that racism has "gotten better," Gompertz asked Winfrey if she thought the problem was solved.
Winfrey responded, "Of course problem is not solved. You know, as long as people can be judged by the color of their skin, problem’s not solved. As long as there are people who still, there’s a whole generation – I say this, you know, I said this, you know, for apartheid South Africa, I said this for my own, you know, community in the south – there are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die."
