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I 've watched Oprah from time to time and over the years I have found myself changing the channel more often. I still find Oprah interesting , entertaining and even educational (at times). I do not turn to Oprahs' show for medical advice. I have always found that Oprah's best shows have been related to social issues. Whether it be a story of people making a difference in their own communities or stories of injustice around the world...these are the stories that have made Oprah great. Oprah is (was) a journalist. If I want to learn about health, beauty and fitiness I watch something else.

I 've watched Oprah from time to time and over the years I have found myself changing the channel more often. I still find Oprah interesting , entertaining and even educational (at times). I do not turn to Oprahs' show for medical advice. I have always found that Oprah's best shows have been related to social issues. Whether it be a story of people making a difference in their own communities or stories of injustice around the world...these are the stories that have made Oprah great. Oprah is (was) a journalist. If I want to learn about health, beauty and fitiness I watch something else.

Thank you Newsweek for your unflinching look at Oprah, the self proclaimed expert of everything. She hides behind disclaimers knowing that most of her audience is not checking with their physicians or looking beyond her so called wisdom. Integrity should begin with her, the one with power and a voice and it is shameful she rakes in the money but shuffles off her responsibility.

In a society that is addicted to reality shows it shouldn't be surprising people are so easily led in important life choices by someone with no credentials but it is still disturbing that so many follow.

Weather Oprah was presenting Suzanne Somers as an expert or not, too many times mainstream (Western) medicine has dismissed fringe ideas too only eat crow later.

I'm not debating the merits of Mrs. Somers ideas, but what bothers me was the slight arrogance this article was written -- I know the author has to make the piece as enticing as possible, but I think the angle at which was chosen is irresponsible to the journalism community; too much of media is taking this route, but it keeps the ads clicking, flashing, expanding, etc. Isn't that what it is all about?

I think this article is totally on-target. There are many people who rely on Oprah for medical advice (hard to believe as that it) and they are being done a great disservice when Oprah puts on these amateurs with their half-baked quasi-medical advice.

This article is unfair. Every news program promotes "health advice" and are not held to the same type of accountability as Newsweek suggests Oprah should. The journalists are really attempting to attack Oprah's influence, not the advice given on her show. And they should have a created a more critical argument in that regard.

I find it interesting that your article on Oprah's "Crazy Talk" didn't mention that Jenny McCarthy, by following her pooh-poohed "mommy instinct," pursued a dietary regimen and therapies that allowed her son to recover from autism. Many other children with autism have improved dramatically by following similar treatments. That's why Jenny says, "My science is named Evan."

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Up to 169 deaths... over 45000 preventable illnesses not prevented... Oprah should be ashamed she's promoting the anti-vac crowd. There are real world consequences to things.

It needed to be said, Newsweek. Thank you.

This was one of the fairest, most well-researched articles I've read in a while. Plus, to go after a "sacred cow" like Oprah is gutsy!

iThe fact that this is the cover story is the very reason the new incarnation of Newsweek is doomed. This is an abomiinable piece of journalism. And...hello...I'd like to think that is an informed opinion since I am the chairman of the journalism department at a major university. Further, how unfortunate that the writers chose to pass such severe judgment on a woman who brings so many people in the world so much joy. Oprah is influential, but to say that she is dangerously influencing people to compromise their health sort of diminishes the audience, doesn't it? Oprah and her staff are informing people of options they may not have ever known about. She is not telling anyone to defy western medicine or to do a raindane to cure cancer. You know Newsweek had already lost my attention for any number of journalistic missteps over the past few years, but now....well, now I"m moving on. Way on away from Newsweek. My guess is that over time advertisers and consumers will do the same, en masse.

I had such high hopes for the new Newsweek under Meacham's guidance. Am I disappointed to read on the first launch his comments about agreeing with President Obama that we don't need to dump things down for the American public. This piece is not a product of critical thinking or shedding any new light to the topic. It's a hit piece from writers who don't even watch the show. I watch the show now and then, and I actually appreciate the information the show makes available for the public to decide for themselves. Oprah never says you should do one thing over the other. She has guests that come on to the show to present their views/opinions. If Newsweek assumes that the viewers are that stupid to take everything on TV as gospel, then Newsweek is dumbing things down. Such disappointment in Meacham for sensationalize a topic to get "rating." I won't be renewing the magazine when it expires this summer.

I thought the writers did an excellent job of exposing what is a very dangerous form of communication each week: The Oprah Show. Her topics are usually one-sided and poorly researched and not backed up by medical science, yet, she endorses them as such. Her new-age thinking is fine for her own personal life -- but it should end there. Her show should be balanced and informative about relative topics for all audiences. I'm afraid that she's reverting back to her earlier tacky days of programming tabloid trash to maintain herr ratings and keep her in the life style she has fallen in love with. Again, I thought the article was very well-written, fair and, unlike most of her shows, informative.

I was thrilled to see an article proclaiming what I have been saying for years! I blame Oprah for the mass hysteria society in which we live. And now, her unchecked, manipulative, "money can by anything" performances have seeped into the political, she created a tragedy that will affect the health of this nation forever: she elected a President. She is a case of media and money going overboard to the extreme.