Oprah Fooled Again by Fake Love Tale

Oprah Winfrey called Herman Rosenblat's tale of how he met his wife in a concentration camp "the single greatest love story" she'd ever heard. Only problem -- it isn't true.

Rosenblat, who survived the Holocaust as a young boy, had written a memoir telling the story of meeting his wife of 50 years when she was a farm girl who tossed apples over the fence at a concentration camp. Then, claimed Herman, he met Mrs. R. 12 years later on a blind date. Well, lovely though it was, the story was made up, and now the memoir is being yanked -- and Oprah is once again red-faced over a story she championed very publicly.

Oprah gushed over James Frey's alleged memoir "A Million LIttle Pieces," only to find it was faked.

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16. Oprah's not "god"--she's real.

Posted at 1:03PM on Dec 29th 2008 by wanderlust

17. Wow... it's amazing how quickly they angry, anti-Obama people find an excuse
to bash him and Oprah. This country has an anger problem.

Posted at 9:40AM on Dec 29th 2008 by c.m.

18. LOVE IT!!!!! Couldn't have happened to a more derserving person.

Posted at 9:53AM on Dec 29th 2008 by Allison

19. This only means that some of the people Oprah employs aren't doing their jobs very well and should be replaced. She's one person in a chain and she does her job amazingly well -- but one person can only do so much. She isn't supposed to be the fact-checker in that empire.

There will always be detractors who look for these moments as opportunities to point a finger. But hey, those people are always in the shadows waiting, aren't they? If she let the fear of that run her life, none of the many good things she's accomplished would go forward.

Posted at 9:46AM on Dec 29th 2008 by teri

20. Once again, this only proves that you should not "believe" everything you read. Such as TMZ!

Posted at 9:46AM on Dec 29th 2008 by Lisa

21. Also, I wonder if she will again have him on her show and annihilate him if front of the world the way she did James Frey.

Posted at 9:53AM on Dec 29th 2008 by Allison

22. Ahh, but you miss the point. This isn't about Oprah. It's about hate and ignorance. After 8 really difficult years with the Bush administration, the only thing these guys can do is bad talk a man, who looks black, and hasn't even started the job. Obama will be in office for another term after this one.

Posted at 9:53AM on Dec 29th 2008 by eye

23. Just what is it that qualifies Oprah to be an "authority" on just about anything? Could it maybe be her cult following, which she does nothing to stop. She is despicable.

Posted at 9:10PM on Dec 30th 2008 by Nannette

24. I guess the more important question is, what other "stories" about the holocaust are fake and how/who has made a lot of money by having us believe their stories?? Remember once they make their fortune, it doesn't matter to them if we find out about the fake story, while the rest of us end up looking like suckers!! Can history books lie?

Posted at 10:46AM on Dec 30th 2008 by tracabhi

25. Oprah, is the new Budda. She speaks "truth" to the unenlightened. See the flickering flame of your money burning now?

Posted at 3:27PM on Dec 29th 2008 by Duane

26. #5 thesheriff has it right. Go Obama and keep up the good work Oprah.

Posted at 9:55AM on Dec 29th 2008 by kadengirl

27. Oprah seems to think she is God. She gives us advice on worship, health, love, children, finances, etc.. We,ve gotten so annoyed that we now seldom watch her unless she has a guest we really want to see. As far as I'm concerned she should have kept her strong support of Obama to herself. I feel that she abused her celebrity status by being so public with her support . She's still crowing about his victory. She's obviously very pro black. Why can't people be themselves and not black, white, oriental or whatever when involved in politics. Come on now. Obama is half black and half white, so why must he make a choice as to what race he is. I believe that
God made us all one people. Gogo

Posted at 6:06PM on Dec 29th 2008 by gogo

28. Maybe Oprah can't afford to pay investigators to have these people checked out before she gives them her support.

Posted at 10:05AM on Dec 29th 2008 by Carl

29. Blaming Oprah for believing a book that's been vetted by the legal department of a major publishing house is unbelievable. It's like blaming the American public for believing our President when he lied to us about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. Don't blame the victims.

Posted at 10:21AM on Dec 29th 2008 by John Stark

30. Actually, Oprah is pretty darn smart. Years ago when the African American community invented the language of Ebonomics, I wanted my race to have an excuse for mispronounciation of words so I invented the language of "Anglotheisms" .

Then I contacted Oprah and asked her to allow me to publicate my new invention on her show, she told me that I couldn't fool her because you either talk bad or you talk good. She realli is smart after all.

Posted at 1:53AM on Jan 3rd 2009 by I8a2wat Oicu812

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