Oprah attracts a large following among white women in the US. I don't know how her tv show performs outside United States. Although all tv talk shows are designed to be somewhat informative, the truth remains that primary aim of most of these shows are to rack up tv ratings and sell products. It is not unusual for some of these shows to address one side of the issue, the side that rockets tv ratings, while ignoring the other side. Majority of her viewers and audience are white women. Most of the products advertised and sold during her show are purchased by white women. She probably was trying to impress her audience members.
Having said that, i have to admit that i was not privy to that statement allegedly made by oprah, about Nigerians being the most corrupt country in the world. Although that mentality is very prevelent in the United States, and probaably in Europe also.
Bottom line is, these 419er manage to pull off the immpossible stunts all over the world. Most of their victims in the United States are seasoned professional. I am talking about Lawyers , Doctors, Accountants, Pastors, Bankers, CEOs of big coperations who due to their greed fell victim to these stunts. The funny part of the story is that majorty of the victims don't come forward, they can't believe that they fell for the stunt, especially stunt by dumb africans, so to speak. They are too ashamed or too proud to believe that they fell for scheme that originated out of the jungle.
Instead of addressing what led them to become victim in the first place (greed), they resort to passing the blame on those criminal nigerians, not realizing that they were not under duress when the transaction went down.
Back on track, Oprah probably was trying to follow up on week or month long special that CNN ran about six months ago tittled "How To Rob a Bank" in which all types of scams were revealed. Interestingly, Osuofia's music was used as the theme song for the CNN special.
I do respect her for her accomplisments inspite of the odds stacked against her at the begining of her carrier. Until I watch the show or read some transcript, I have to remain neutral on this one. If Oprah endorses some one in the United States, its a done deal. As a matter of fact, Oprah probably was the the single force or influence that sealed Obama's presidency.
Posted: at 19-12-2009 10:55 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie |
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