Comments on: James Frey may be a liar, but Oprah is rude, says Nan Talese http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/30/james-frey-may-be-a-liar-but-oprah-is-rude-says-nan-talese/ Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada's magazine of book news and reviews Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: carolyn http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/30/james-frey-may-be-a-liar-but-oprah-is-rude-says-nan-talese/comment-page-1/#comment-22160 carolyn Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:11:54 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/30/james-frey-may-be-a-liar-but-oprah-is-rude-says-nan-talese/#comment-22160 I heard Oprah got him on her show through false pretenses, in other words she "lied" about wanting to do a show called "Truth in America' She had no intention of doing it and changed the show to the "James Frey Controversy"so she could call him down. (The book continues to sell 1000 copies a week.) I don't think Oprah should be so sanctimonious. His book was mislabelled "Memoir" rather than "Fictional Autobiography." So what. Is that a reason to nail him to the cross? I'm looking forward to reading his new book, even if it does not receive the Oprah imprimatur. I heard Oprah got him on her show through false pretenses, in other words she “lied” about wanting to do a show called “Truth in America’ She had no intention of doing it and changed the show to the “James Frey Controversy”so she could call him down. (The book continues to sell 1000 copies a week.) I don’t think Oprah should be so sanctimonious. His book was mislabelled “Memoir” rather than “Fictional Autobiography.” So what. Is that a reason to nail him to the cross? I’m looking forward to reading his new book, even if it does not receive the Oprah imprimatur.

]]> By: Bruce Hollingdrake http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/30/james-frey-may-be-a-liar-but-oprah-is-rude-says-nan-talese/comment-page-1/#comment-10228 Bruce Hollingdrake Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:29:47 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/30/james-frey-may-be-a-liar-but-oprah-is-rude-says-nan-talese/#comment-10228 Is she saying cheating should be equated with alcoholism, that Frey couldn't help himself...common. All he had to do was say he wrote a fictionalized bio and we would all be anxious to buy more of his book. Is she saying cheating should be equated with alcoholism, that Frey couldn’t help himself…common. All he had to do was say he wrote a fictionalized bio and we would all be anxious to buy more of his book.

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