Oprah is not exactly the queen of critical thinkers. I tell my students this repeatedly and often.
What is MOST scary is the influence she has in this country. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:49:01 -0500 >From: <[email protected]> >Subject: [tips] Oprah duped by holocaust survivor >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > This is about the second time the queen of talk has > been fooled by folks claiming to have gone through > significant events.This time Rosenblatt,a real > holocaust survivor, fabricated an apple throwing > love story of how he met his wife along the > watchtower fence at the concentration camp.Judaic > researchers were not buying the "throwing apples" > over the fence episodes. Oprah should begin to heed > the advice of Ronald Reagan " Trust but verify". > Curious if Loftus or Linda Woods of the Tips hate > police would comment on the need to fabricate in > situations like this. Do you think that the Oprah > paradigm should share some of the blame? > > Michael Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
