Fake update: Oprah agonistes

Probably deciding it's time to cash in on all the negative publicity, Oprah today features disgraced author James Frey, publisher Nan Talese, and "journalists familiar with the allegations" that Frey's "memoir" is really a pile of bullshit.

And at the end of the show, they all get BRAND NEW CARS!! Well, maybe not.

UPDATE: NYT already has a story up about the show in which Oprah said Frey "betrayed millions of readers":

Today, Ms. Winfrey, alternately fighting back tears and displaying vivid anger, berated Mr. Frey for duping her and her audience.

And the Chicago Tribune has verbatim excerpts.

Meanwhile, a little slow on the draw but eager to capitalize on its rival's errors, the SF Bay Guardian crows about SF Weekly's hoaxer double-cross, in which it was revealed by bloggers that SFW's "Infiltrator" hoaxer actually didn't even perform the hoax he said he did. SFBG's added value is printing writer Harmon Leon's side of the story.

Which is a lesson for all you journalism students: If you're going to write about lying, tell the truth.

Previously:
Jig is up for 'The Infiltrator'

Oprah, hoaxes, literary hoaxes, James Frey, Nan Talese, Infiltrator, harmon Leon, SF Weekly