Letters to the Editor
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How the tables have turned
Sorry Hillary, but you can't have it both ways. You are doing the same thing to Oprah that you decry Oprah for doing to James Frey. If you insist on Frey going down in flames along with his "flimsy" novel, then you can't also come down on Oprah for being too hard on him. Ultimately it was James Frey who made the decision to have his fantastical work of fiction published with the misnomer of a memoir. I don't for one second feel sorry for Frey and his big bag of hooey. Rather I feel sorry for the people who struggle with real addiction who served as grist for Frey's hyperbolized, tough-guy bs of a novel. Oprah did the right thing by putting Frey in the hot seat. Insisting that Frey face the music is not the same thing as avenging an eye for an eye. Oprah was never duplicitous with Frey or deceived him at the risk of ruining his credibility.