▲ 613 ▼ Oprah Exits Weight Watchers Board After Admitting She Took Weight Loss Meds, Stock Tumbling (futurism.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 163 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) Oprah has been getting away with some fucked up shit Such as? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] return2ozma@lemmy.world [S] 19 points 2 years ago Remember when her and Ellen joked about going into a bank just to make a deposit to see how the common people live? https://youtu.be/HbwARJNjI3M permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago Such as letting a comedian best-known for making fart jokes while wearing a bikini come on to her show as if she were a medical expert (she admitted on the show that she went to the "University of Google" and Oprah didn't challenge that) to lie about how vaccines cause autism. And it wasn't even the first time Oprah spread that lie. https://welltodo.substack.com/p/i-regret-to-inform-you-that-oprah permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 11 points 2 years ago* She's endorsed multiple on her show selling junk science and grifts. She perpetuates myths about losing weight and health to promote her products. She basically did the same thing on Maui that everyone gets angry at Zuckerberg for doing Kauai, which was buy a fuck ton of land and then kick everyone off of it. She presents like a black girl that made it, but is infact just another billionaire member of the American aristocracy. Is she better than most? Sure, but it's not hard to be better than people like Trump and Koch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world [S] 19 points 2 years ago Remember when her and Ellen joked about going into a bank just to make a deposit to see how the common people live? https://youtu.be/HbwARJNjI3M permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago Such as letting a comedian best-known for making fart jokes while wearing a bikini come on to her show as if she were a medical expert (she admitted on the show that she went to the "University of Google" and Oprah didn't challenge that) to lie about how vaccines cause autism. And it wasn't even the first time Oprah spread that lie. https://welltodo.substack.com/p/i-regret-to-inform-you-that-oprah permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 11 points 2 years ago* She's endorsed multiple on her show selling junk science and grifts. She perpetuates myths about losing weight and health to promote her products. She basically did the same thing on Maui that everyone gets angry at Zuckerberg for doing Kauai, which was buy a fuck ton of land and then kick everyone off of it. She presents like a black girl that made it, but is infact just another billionaire member of the American aristocracy. Is she better than most? Sure, but it's not hard to be better than people like Trump and Koch. permalink fedilink source parent