Michael Kinsley has a very entertaining take-down of the “new” Newsweek in this week’s edition of the New Republic*. However, I doubt the “old” Newsweek would have dared publish this very entertaining, even brutal, demolition of Oprah Winfrey. In fact, it’s the sort of piece one might imagine appearing in TNR. So, whatever the merits of Kinsley’s piece and whatever the future may – or more probably does not – hold for Newsweek, anything that exposes Oprah’s weird combination of sappy new age snake-oil and shameless hucksterism is no bad thing.
If nothing else, it’s worth being reminded that Oprah peddles the anti-MMR nonsense that, if its supporters have their way, is much more likely to harm many more children than would be affected even if their crackpottery were based on a sound evaluation of the risks of immunisation. Which, as best I can tell, it isn’t.
Then there’s this:
This is Oprah’s special brilliance.
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