My disgust with Oprah is only outpaced by my disgust for the "sheeple" who slavishly follow here every utterance.

My local paper has a story of a staged animal rescue brought to you by Harpo Prodcutions. Ooh look how Oprah cares! Ooh look how if only Oprah were in charge the world would be a better place! Barf.

The story behind Oprah...

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Puppies and celebrities can be a powerful combination. Especially for a dramatic television rescue from a flooded hospital.

Witness a recent segment of The Oprah Winfrey Show from the devastated Gulf Coast.
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Viewers watched actor Matthew McConaughey heroically rescuing stranded animals – and the doctor who stayed behind with them – from the flooded Lindy Boggs Medical Center in New Orleans.

The segment glossed over one key point: The animals were being rescued anyway.

"Matthew's search for stories of people that he could help led him to an abandoned hospital in New Orleans," Oprah Winfrey told viewers.

"Inside were beloved pets that families had been forced to leave behind during this evacuation. One man vowed to keep them alive. And Matthew went to help him."

What she didn't tell viewers is that Mr. McConaughey, a Texas native, and the Oprah crew jumped into the effort after two Dallas companies had already begun the rescue: Tenet Healthcare Corp. and Aviation Services Group Inc., which Tenet had hired to evacuate its hospitals.

The segment mentioned neither company nor any other rescuers.