Comments on: the Wrath of Oprah! plus: a clarification, a confession, and a tasteful bit of embellishment http://fridayplaydate.com/the-wrath-of-oprah-plus-a-clarification-a-confession-and-a-tasteful-bit-of-embellishment/ entirely true, but exaggerated for comic effect Tue, 22 May 2012 10:37:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Susan http://fridayplaydate.com/the-wrath-of-oprah-plus-a-clarification-a-confession-and-a-tasteful-bit-of-embellishment/#comment-2413 Susan Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:00:00 +0000 http://fridayplaydate.com/the-wrath-of-oprah-plus-a-clarification-a-confession-and-a-tasteful-bit-of-embellishment/#comment-2413 Rayne, I wondered about that. I need to read the Slate article, but this just confirms my sense that, while Frey is absolutely complicit in this whole debacle--and, I think, had a moral or ethical obligation to stand up and admit that his text was BASED on a true story but not necessarily a TRUE story--Nan Talese is the one who should be taken out behind the shed to pick a switch. Doubleday is a HUGE publishing house--it is irresponsible of them to hang an author out like that.<br/><br/>Gah. I think I need to go look at my cute shoes again. Rayne, I wondered about that. I need to read the Slate article, but this just confirms my sense that, while Frey is absolutely complicit in this whole debacle–and, I think, had a moral or ethical obligation to stand up and admit that his text was BASED on a true story but not necessarily a TRUE story–Nan Talese is the one who should be taken out behind the shed to pick a switch. Doubleday is a HUGE publishing house–it is irresponsible of them to hang an author out like that.

Gah. I think I need to go look at my cute shoes again.

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