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Oprah Pulls Columbine Episode

Posted Apr 20th 2009 9:50AM by TMZ Staff

Today's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" was supposed to mark the 10 year anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School -- but not anymore.

Oprah just announced on her website she's decided to pull the episode: "I decided to pull the Columbine show today. After reviewing it, I thought it focused too much on the killers. Today, hold a thought for the Columbine community. This is a hard day for them."

Instead, Oprah will air an episode about a mother being released from prison.

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46. she is up to something or she wouldn't have done it at all, she still did it, probably waiting for a later date.

Posted at 8:00AM on Apr 21st 2009 by let it go

47. She's smart to pull it out to not expoliate the families of victims. Yes, this includes the killers.

Posted at 11:53AM on Apr 21st 2009 by R

48. She did'nt realize this while actually filming it?

Posted at 7:22AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Shadowwolf

49. Where was Oprah when they taped the show? Looks like she would have realized the focus during the taping or one of her pre-production meetings, rather than having the show in the can and promo-ing the thing, only to pull it. Sounds to me like she caught flack from someplace about it, then decided to pull it.

Posted at 2:13PM on Apr 25th 2009 by JulieBelle

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