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  • bluegoose
    7th round draft pick
    • Nov 2008
    • 4121
    #1

    Holocaust Love Story Hoax

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/30/hol...ory/index.html

    Its got a very Paul Dunn feel to it:

    "Why did I do that and write the story with the girl and the apple, because I wanted to bring happiness to people, to remind them not to hate, but to love and tolerate all people. I brought good feelings to a lot of people, and I brought hope to many. My motivation was to make good in this world," he said in the statement.
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    • SeattleUte
      Faith crisis consultant
      • Nov 2008
      • 20837
      #2
      Originally posted by bluegoose View Post
      http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/30/hol...ory/index.html

      Its got a very Paul Dunn feel to it:
      It turns out these types of fabrications are commonplace. But absolutely none of these fictional memoirs ring true to me. I guess poeple want to believe, especially if there's money to be made. Here's my favorite:

      "'Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years,' about her childhood spent running from the Nazis and living with wolves." Yeah right.

      http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/bo...prod=permalink
      When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

      --Jonathan Swift

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        • TripletDaddy
          sweet triple
          • Nov 2008
          • 58186
          #3
          Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
          "'Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years,' about her childhood spent running from the Nazis and living with wolves." Yeah right.
          I just went and read a blurb on this book. In addition to living a feral existence amongst the lycanthrope, Misha also stabbed to death a Nazi rapist with a pocket knife.

          I don't get it. Serious authors struggle for years just to get an editor to give even one LOOK at their work. This woman fabricates a story about a fugitive Jew living with wolves and running from Nazi tormentors....and it gets published. WHat the hell is wrong with these publishing houses?
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            • Guest
              #4
              Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post

              http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/bo...prod=permalink
              From the Times story,
              And once again a New York publisher and Oprah Winfrey were among those fooled by a too-good-to-be-true story.
              It seems O is often caught up in populist feel-good stories and movements, which look good, but have little or no substance.

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                • Surfah
                  Where's Wallace?
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 33726
                  #5
                  Originally posted by 8BR View Post
                  From the Times story,

                  It seems O is often caught up in populist feel-good stories and movements, which look good, but have little or no substance.
                  Don't get me started on Oprah. Her book club is horse shit. She is ruining the canon.
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                    • il Padrino Ute
                      Junior Member
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 19161
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Surfah View Post
                      Don't get me started on Oprah. Her book club is horse shit. She is ruining the canon.
                      As we have done with each of her siblings, our youngest - who is now 6 - is a member of the Dr. Seuss book club. This book club provides reading material that is far superior in every way than anything that one can get from Oprah.

                      And it's always good when Oprah looks foolish. I seem to remember her getting suckered by another a few years ago, though I can't remember any details other than the book the guy wrote turned out to be nothing but lies.
                      "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                      "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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                        • Gidget
                          Philosophical Goldilocks
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 1312
                          #7
                          Originally posted by il Padrino Ute View Post
                          As we have done with each of her siblings, our youngest - who is now 6 - is a member of the Dr. Seuss book club. This book club provides reading material that is far superior in every way than anything that one can get from Oprah.

                          And it's always good when Oprah looks foolish. I seem to remember her getting suckered by another a few years ago, though I can't remember any details other than the book the guy wrote turned out to be nothing but lies.
                          The other book she was recently "suckered" by was A Million Little Pieces by James Frey.
                          I am a philosophical Goldilocks, always looking for something neither too big nor too small, neither too hot nor too cold, something jussssst right. I'll send you a card from purgatory. - PAC

                          You know how President Hinckley said he doesn't worry about those who pray? The same can be said for men who are self-aware enough to know when there's a life to be lived outside of the world of video games. - Anonymous

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                            • il Padrino Ute
                              Junior Member
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 19161
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Gidget View Post
                              The other book she was recently "suckered" by was A Million Little Pieces by James Frey.
                              Ok, thanks for the info. What was that book about anyway? I just remember hearing about her indignation when she found out the guy pretty much made up the story.

                              Oprah: "It's ok to lie to the American public, but how dare you lie to me."

                              Too funny.
                              "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                              "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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                                • Gidget
                                  Philosophical Goldilocks
                                  • Nov 2008
                                  • 1312
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by il Padrino Ute View Post
                                  Ok, thanks for the info. What was that book about anyway? I just remember hearing about her indignation when she found out the guy pretty much made up the story.

                                  Oprah: "It's ok to lie to the American public, but how dare you lie to me."

                                  Too funny.
                                  I know right. I hate Oprah. Her show is just ok and she just totally sucks. A new thread is born.
                                  I am a philosophical Goldilocks, always looking for something neither too big nor too small, neither too hot nor too cold, something jussssst right. I'll send you a card from purgatory. - PAC

                                  You know how President Hinckley said he doesn't worry about those who pray? The same can be said for men who are self-aware enough to know when there's a life to be lived outside of the world of video games. - Anonymous

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                                    • il Padrino Ute
                                      Junior Member
                                      • Nov 2008
                                      • 19161
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Gidget View Post
                                      I know right. I hate Oprah. Her show is just ok and she just totally sucks. A new thread is born.
                                      I don't hate her. I just it's funny that she sets herself up to look like a fool so easily.

                                      I apologize if you're a fan.
                                      "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                                      "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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                                        • BlueHair
                                          Boom Bitches!!!
                                          • Nov 2008
                                          • 2894
                                          #11
                                          You guys hate her because she is fat, black, and more successful than all of you put together.
                                          Just try it once. One beer or one cigarette or one porno movie won't hurt. - Dallin H. Oaks

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