Older women who watch Oprah are more stupid than their peers

[Inlove_tx 0]

Stupid is who the stupid does...

...And what about Jerry Springer???

Edited March 21, 2006 by Inlove_tx

[chocolaterie 0]

there is a reason we don't have cable.

[Fuzzness 2]

The reason I don't like Oprah (the show, not the woman, i'm indifferent to her) is because there is rarely ever some REAL people on there. It's usually celebrities or people who have done some amazing things. I guess normal every day people with normal every day problems wouldn't make good tv.

[Widge 0]

Does watching it make them stupid or were they stupid before hand i.e. stupid people are more likely to choose to watch Oprah. Were they tested before a years worth of Oprah, to see if their was a decline in their abilities, stayed the same or actually improved. Could just be a case of stupid is as stupid does

Time spent doing research studies showed me one thing and one thing only you can get any result you want from any data provided if you look at it skewed enough

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I voted YES.

And it ain't just Oprah's show that makes people stupid...

I have to agree with you......Fox News is terrible.

Watching Sean Hannity is worse than listening to him on his radio show. Either way, I can practically feel the brain cells dying while he talks!

Ain't that the fcuking truth!

[Sister Fracas 5]

The reason I don't like Oprah (the show, not the woman, i'm indifferent to her) is because there is rarely ever some REAL people on there. It's usually celebrities or people who have done some amazing things. I guess normal every day people with normal every day problems wouldn't make good tv.

I dunno...I see promos for her show all the time and there seem to be "normal" people. She's doing some sort of debt diet with "normal" people. Hmmm, just took a look and her schedule for the rest of the week is

• Dad faces teen killer of his family
  
• Inside the lives of America's poor
  
• What every woman should know
  

Those don't sound like celebrities....

Time spent doing research studies showed me one thing and one thing only you can get any result you want from any data provided if you look at it skewed enough

Indeed

[Melo 1]

I watch TV but not the soaps and chat shows if I can help it... I watch the news, the history channel, national geographic; the sports channels (I have a huge problem - wanna know if and where the World Cup will be on in the USA coz I have to watch it... gotta cheer the lads on)... I enjoy Brit comedies like Father Ted (tragic that Father Crilly died); love Monty Python too. Enjoy watching The Weakest Link. Soaps are addictive and I refuse to be addicted to the idiot box... my mum and so many of her age are addicted to some stupid hindi soap called bap bhi kabi bahu thi... I shudder at the very notion of becoming addicted to such vacuous, inane & arrant nonsense

[giraffemd 0]

I never watched TV much, and now that I am here and waiting to go to work, I watch more than I should, and I am probably getting dumber by the day I miss my CBC radio

[Fuzzness 2]

The reason I don't like Oprah (the show, not the woman, i'm indifferent to her) is because there is rarely ever some REAL people on there. It's usually celebrities or people who have done some amazing things. I guess normal every day people with normal every day problems wouldn't make good tv.

I dunno...I see promos for her show all the time and there seem to be "normal" people. She's doing some sort of debt diet with "normal" people. Hmmm, just took a look and her schedule for the rest of the week is

• Dad faces teen killer of his family
  
• Inside the lives of America's poor
  
• What every woman should know
  

Those don't sound like celebrities....

teen killer, hmm, now thats as normal as they come!

[Sister Fracas 5]

teen killer, hmm, now thats as normal as they come!

Actually, I just read the description and it's about a guy, who when he was a teen was drag racing with some buddies and hit a car with a woman and her kid, killing them instantly....so the title is misleading...

Anyway, my point was...these aren't celebrities.

Edited March 21, 2006 by Frances

[Fuzzness 2]

ok, but i guess my point is she never has things that I care about. Today she had something about botox injections

Last few weeks I've been watching Montel and he's talking about things like why cleaning up New Orleans hasn't happened yet, why it's important to question the govt, and why buying an airline ticket doesn't give you the right to be a jerk to people working for the airline.

I guess I just have different cares than most people.

[Sister Fracas 5]

Last few weeks I've been watching Montel and he's talking about things like why cleaning up New Orleans hasn't happened yet, why it's important to question the govt, and why buying an airline ticket doesn't give you the right to be a jerk to people working for the airline.

I guess I just have different cares than most people.

Nah, those are good topics....I just can't stand him...LOL

[keltic 1]

ok, but i guess my point is she never has things that I care about. Today she had something about botox injections

Last few weeks I've been watching Montel and he's talking about things like why cleaning up New Orleans hasn't happened yet, why it's important to question the govt, and why buying an airline ticket doesn't give you the right to be a jerk to people working for the airline.

I guess I just have different cares than most people.

when was his last show on paternity? there was a time that was about the only thing he had on his show... "who's your baby's daddy?"

[yogib37 3]

I watch TV but not the soaps and chat shows if I can help it... I watch the news, the history channel, national geographic; the sports channels (I have a huge problem - wanna know if and where the World Cup will be on in the USA coz I have to watch it... gotta cheer the lads on)... I enjoy Brit comedies like Father Ted (tragic that Father Crilly died); love Monty Python too. Enjoy watching The Weakest Link. Soaps are addictive and I refuse to be addicted to the idiot box... my mum and so many of her age are addicted to some stupid hindi soap called bap bhi kabi bahu thi... I shudder at the very notion of becoming addicted to such vacuous, inane & arrant nonsense

Dont forget 'Are you being served' That is a great program and I like the janitor Dirty old man

Monty python is great.. just pure great and off the wall humor

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The reason I don't like Oprah (the show, not the woman, i'm indifferent to her) is because there is rarely ever some REAL people on there. It's usually celebrities or people who have done some amazing things. I guess normal every day people with normal every day problems wouldn't make good tv.

I dunno...I see promos for her show all the time and there seem to be "normal" people. She's doing some sort of debt diet with "normal" people. Hmmm, just took a look and her schedule for the rest of the week is

• Dad faces teen killer of his family
  
• Inside the lives of America's poor
  
• What every woman should know
  

Those don't sound like celebrities....

teen killer, hmm, now thats as normal as they come!

Sadly, around here it would seem that way.

ok, but i guess my point is she never has things that I care about. Today she had something about botox injections

Last few weeks I've been watching Montel and he's talking about things like why cleaning up New Orleans hasn't happened yet, why it's important to question the govt, and why buying an airline ticket doesn't give you the right to be a jerk to people working for the airline.

I guess I just have different cares than most people.

when was his last show on paternity? there was a time that was about the only thing he had on his show... "who's your baby's daddy?"

Maury inherited that #######.

Honestly, though. To me it seems that most this stuff is made up nonsense that they put on because there's an audience for it. At the end of the day, it ain't about helping people or discussing the real challenges that America faces or any such thing. It's about a network making dough.