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    First Video of Fabricating Holocaust Author Defending Self

    Oprah Lets Her Friends Do the Talking about Her Literary Liars Club
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    02/18/09

    In reply to First Video of Fabricating Holocaust Author Defending Self
    Definitely a media trainer. That's not a producer's voice: that's a PR person doing his best imitation of an anchorman reading from a TelePrompTer (however it's spelled) that isn't a TelePrompTer at all, but a set of index cards with questions written on them in black Sharpie by an intern who is woefully underpaid yet adorably motivated. Plus he asks the stupid Oprah question, because we all know that Oprah would tell this guy to fuck right the hell off.
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    02/17/09

    In reply to First Video of Fabricating Holocaust Author Defending Self
    Why doesn't he (or his family) just play the dementia card?
    All will be forgiven. No apologies will be neccessary.
    And... applesauce for all!


    Reaching an advanced age should and does have its perks.

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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    02/17/09

    In reply to First Video of Fabricating Holocaust Author Defending Self
    Oh, the power of believing. He really, really, really believed it. So it must be true somewhere. How poetic. How sweet. How romantic. How so not a con from an attention-seeking liar. And what a poetic, sweet, romantic profit to be had!
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    02/17/09

    In reply to First Video of Fabricating Holocaust Author Defending Self
    I can't believe a word he's saying. He sounds like a pathological liar.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    02/17/09

    In reply to First Video of Fabricating Holocaust Author Defending Self
    I knew someone who ate wood when she was in the camps. Paper would have been a delicacy. Shoe leather, straw, bugs, snow. She was eighty-five pounds when the camp was liberated.


    There were no apples.

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    Image of ChillbearLatrigue ChillbearLatrigue
    02/18/09

    @BookishLookish: I have never known a Holocaust survivor, but I did take a rickety train to Auschwitz in 2003. It has an ominous quality to it. I went with my friend. We normally joke like idiots wherever we go, but there we were silent for three hours. In my humble opinion, there is no rooms for lies on this topic. I can forgive Mr. Rosenblat, but I will not be reading his book.
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    Image of pufflehuff pufflehuff
    02/18/09

    @ChillbearLatrigue: Yes, exactly. If there is going to be fiction based on the Holocaust, just bloody well flag it up. It's fine. That's okay. If you must, use it in fiction, and have that tag on the book. Don't give people ammunition.


    "In reality, I wasn't telling the truth... in my mind I believed I did." THAT'S FICTION, BUSTER!


    Fiction is peculiarly well placed to expose untruth, since novelists trade in fabrication and know a fellow liar when they see one.

    [www.guardian.co.uk]

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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    02/18/09

    @pufflehuff: What's sad is that I totally would have read the fiction version. The truth is, fabricating the holocaust part would have been way worse than fabricating the love story, so I'm a little surprised at how angry people are considering he's a genuine survivor, but I don't really understand why he needed to lie either, instead of just submitting it to an agent as fiction.
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    Image of pufflehuff pufflehuff
    02/18/09

    @DahlELama, ChillbearLatrigue: A lot of blame has to go towards the publishers who encourage this kind of Frey-nanigan, as they think all the public want is Dave Pelzer-esque horror-reality. Sorry to say, I generally find those kinds of misery memoirs badly-written and formulaic, despite my sympathy for their pain. How well do memoirs sell as opposed to fiction, anyone know?


    Give me the fiction tag any day, I'll easily suspend my disbelief for that. I really don't think fiddling about with Rosenblat's memories of the Holocaust is helping anyone.


    His fail here has a lot to do with the duff advice he was given, and he should really stop with this and just either tell his story or apply to be a Gawker intern. Or write a novel. Whatever.

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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    02/17/09

    In reply to First Video of Fabricating Holocaust Author Defending Self
    He is very easy to fogive. So much crap gets sold and flogged on a daily basis in the media; what's one more piece.
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    Image of prettyclever prettyclever
    02/17/09

    In reply to First Video of Fabricating Holocaust Author Defending Self
    He's old!

    Gross.
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    Image of Colander Colander
    02/17/09

    @prettyclever: You made me laugh.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    01/16/09

    In reply to Oprah Lets Her Friends Do the Talking about Her Literary Liars Club
    And what about Dr. Phil? She should be indicted for that shit.
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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    01/16/09

    In reply to Oprah Lets Her Friends Do the Talking about Her Literary Liars Club
    How fucking awesome is it that of all the people in the world to pontificate on Honesty and Truth, Oprah puts on Denis Leary?
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    Image of lululemming lululemming
    01/16/09

    In reply to Oprah Lets Her Friends Do the Talking about Her Literary Liars Club
    Sorry Richard, but that "weigh in" joke. Wtf? Not only is it not funny, but it's kinda beneath you, and in direct opposition to a number of stands you've taken here before re: making fun of people's weight/height/looks. AndyesIknowshe'smorepowerful/rich/whatever than anyone in the world. If we're not gonna be dicks about people's weight that kinda has to go for everyone, no?
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    01/16/09

    In reply to Oprah Lets Her Friends Do the Talking about Her Literary Liars Club
    I love that Oprah and Gayle have their own passive-aggressive chit-chat and others just orbit in and out of it, that's great TV.


    I hope Rosenblatt come on the show, well unless he's got prostate problems and Dr. Oz can offer some assistance.

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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    01/16/09

    In reply to Oprah Lets Her Friends Do the Talking about Her Literary Liars Club
    Thank God she has a vast media empire to protect her.
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    Image of Iceland Spar Iceland Spar
    01/16/09

    In reply to Oprah Lets Her Friends Do the Talking about Her Literary Liars Club
    Also turns out that Vronsky never slept with Anna, he was just trying to impress the guys in the calvary regiment. So, there goes that whole book too.
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    Image of Steve Holt's Mother Part Deux Steve Holt's Mother Part Deux
    01/16/09

    In reply to Oprah Lets Her Friends Do the Talking about Her Literary Liars Club
    Denis Leary on Oprah? That makes less sense then Mayonnaise on anything.
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    Image of Monkeyrash Monkeyrash
    01/16/09

    In reply to Oprah Lets Her Friends Do the Talking about Her Literary Liars Club
    I love Denis Leary. He just broke my heart by appearing on Oprah.
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    Image of Calraigh Calraigh
    01/17/09

    @Monkeyrash: I know. Not only that, he seems to be singing her praises every chance he gets.
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