Oprah, the self-help & prosperity spirituality racket

How the Self-Help Industry Tied Spiritual Salvation to Spending Lots of Money
by Joshunda Sanders and Diana Barnes-Brown (Bitch Magazine)
AlterNet, July 7, 2010

There is a link to this book:

Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture by Trystan T. Cotten & Kimberly Springer.

As for the book, one can only hope that the critique is not worse than the disease, but I've learned to be wary of what comes down the pike from Hackademia. Still, Oprahification, like Tyler Perry, must be stopped.

Martin Gardner takes on Oprah before his final departure

Somebody had to do it.

Oprah Winfrey: Bright (but Gullible) Billionaire by Martin Gardner
Skeptical Inquiry, Volume 34.2, March / April 2010.
http://www.csicop.org/si/show/oprah_winfrey_bright_but_gullible_billionaire/

I think he was too kind.