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Oprah Fooled Again by Fake Love Tale

Posted Dec 29th 2008 5:37AM by TMZ Staff

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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31. If the book was marketed as being an autobiographical piece, then I would have believed it to be such too.

And also, just to add to the other side talk going on in here: I trust NO politician. They ALL lie. It's more-so about picking the lesser evil but unfortunately when it comes down to choosing, everyone's perception is different.

Posted at 10:13AM on Dec 29th 2008 by straight....no chaser

32. The couple involved in the LOVE story were both on Oprah as well as other shows,they were very convincing,there was no reason not to believe them.

Posted at 10:17AM on Dec 29th 2008 by mary

33. Oprah is sooooo over! Who cares that she got fooled. It is a book for God's sake to be read at and for your leisure! Get over it people.

Posted at 10:18AM on Dec 29th 2008 by scout1

34. I think Oprah is a idiot and to trusting of people. I voted for Obama so it is not always about her support for Obama. Oprah fell for Jennifer Aniston garbage and Jen was lying to her face. I thought that was funny. It seems Oprah is all about a big show and not about the truth.
Look how Oprah fell for that James Frey guy who lied about his book. How many other show themes are big lies because she just wanted the ratings.
I don't trust nothing she says. Oprah did not convince me to vote for Obama. I think Oprah fake like she is innocent but I think she is as deceitful as any person trying to scrap for as much money as she can get.

Posted at 10:19AM on Dec 29th 2008 by Chris

35. How did we get from Oprah, and a book she promoted that turned out to be fiction, to the president elect? I suspect that this is a sort of psychological illness whereby intelligence and cognitive skills have been suspended or otherwise deteriorated by an addicion to adrenaline. Get angry, pump up the adrenaline, and obscure connections can be made that feel good but have little support by reason and logic. What does the president elect have to do with Oprah? Let's see. Oprah has a talk show with a wide audience. The presedent elect, while camaigning, used this forum to promote his campaign for presidency. Oprah is in the business of entertainment. The book is apparently entertaining, Dr. Oz is entertaining, president elect Obama is entertaining, and a parade of other celebrities that are highlighted on Oprah are entertaining. What is presented on Oprah's show? Oprah presents what her audience finds entertaining. And sometimes, politics is entertaining. On the other hand, entertainment is hardly politics. Anyone who measures the value and content of a politician based upon the talk show host has cognitive skills that are highly suspect. It's like judging the value of a president based on the picture frame his portrait is mounted in. Or determining that someone who shops at a convinience store that was held up by a robber the day before is therefore a robber.
It strikes me as more of a psychological illness that has some utility in that it errors on the side of personal protection. And yet, it restricts them from opportunities to improve life and society. Here is a clue...methamphetamines is, for all practical purposes, a form on adrenaline. (Google "methamphetamines and adrenaline" for references) Exessive use of methamphetamines causes paranoid delusions and cognitive leaps on the order of conspiracy theories. Just as well, excessive use of one's own adrenaline causes paranoid delusions and cognitive leaps. And it feels really good to get all "pumped up". "Obama" = "Oprah" is one such delusional leap. These adrenaline junkies might just as well go with .... "They both start with the letter "O" and both contain five letters. The second letter in each is a reflection of the other on a horizontal axis. Therefore, "Obama" is just like "Oprah"."
We need only to listen to The Savage Nation or Rush Limbaugh for five minutes to get that it's all about the adrenaline and nothing about the actual reason of the connections. Any connections that gives them another adrenaline rush is all that they are after. They are drug addicts only they don't need to buy it off the street, their brain produces it for them.

Posted at 10:47AM on Dec 29th 2008 by John Fitzgerald

36. Two words: Suze Orman

Posted at 10:26AM on Dec 29th 2008 by Brandon

37. It's a beutiful tale and he would've sold the book if he had just been honest about it. But your right Oprah is easily fooled.

Posted at 1:50PM on Dec 29th 2008 by epic_hunter@comcast.net

38. It's her responsiblity to do the reserch and background check. Why do she get excussed just because she didn't do the checks. Oprah is pathetic. I decided I'm not watching that show any more, so sick of her trying to fake like she is God. When it's all about the money.

Posted at 10:31AM on Dec 29th 2008 by Chris

39. She supported Barry Tesoro, aka Barack Obama, aka "Puff The Magic Negro" for President. So what is surprising about her supporting another "fraud production".

Posted at 10:34AM on Dec 29th 2008 by RON D

40. Maybe she needs to take a clue from some of her favorite writers like ANgelous and Walker who would tell her all writers take liberties. Unless someone is advertising their book as an autobiography or a history text they can put whatever they want in their books. Even most novels have some aspects of the author's experience in them. She needs to deal with the power of the book rather than worrying about how true it is.

Posted at 11:01AM on Dec 29th 2008 by reader

41. What ekse is new?

The Diary of Anne Franck was written by her father.

Posted at 10:35AM on Dec 29th 2008 by Rs

42. Posted at 10:31AM on Dec 29th 2008 by Chris

It's HER job to do a background check on every book??? Ummm....no. That is the publishers job.

Posted at 10:38AM on Dec 29th 2008 by Funny

43. The Diary of Anne Franck was written by her father.

Posted at 10:35AM on Dec 29th 2008 by Rs

That's very insulting, to say the least....

Posted at 10:40AM on Dec 29th 2008 by WTF?!

44. She was too trusting becausse she thought Jous could do no wrong.
So wee the Madoff investors..

Posted at 10:41AM on Dec 29th 2008 by Neener

45. 4. "Oprah is an idiot. She is only rich by accident."-- You wish. Oprah has more brains in her pinkey toe, than you'll ever hope to have. You don't build an empire from nothing, "by accident." Sounds like you're the idiot. Blame the victim instead of the one who did the wrong, only in America!! Then again, instead of being honest about the situation, Oprah could always take a page from the republicans, and DENY & LIE!!

Posted at 10:41AM on Dec 29th 2008 by get a clue

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