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Oprah Cans Columbine Episode

10th anniversary show set for today 'focused too much on the killers'

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 20, 2009 2:18 PM CDT

(Newser) – Oprah Winfrey canceled an episode of her show commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Columbine shootings, set to air today, the New York Post reports. “After reviewing it, I thought it focused too much on the killers,” Winfrey said of the scrapped show in a Facebook posting. “Today, hold a thought for the Columbine community.”

People gather at the Columbine Memorial at Clement Park near Littleton, Colo., yesterday.
People gather at the Columbine Memorial at Clement Park near Littleton, Colo., yesterday.   (AP Photo)
Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah Winfrey.   (AP Photo)
A school security guard stands watch at the entrance to Columbine High School on the 10th anniversary of the shootings today.
A school security guard stands watch at the entrance to Columbine High School on the 10th anniversary of the shootings today.   (AP Photo)
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Rob
Apr 21, 2009 11:15 AM CDT
The ends justify the means?
Mad
Apr 21, 2009 4:32 AM CDT
That's what I thought, Robert. They reviewed it and agreed it sucked, or maybe they some princaple player was saying they were misquoted, or something. Hard to believe she would script, shoot, edit, and compile an entire episode, just to can it at the end. Whatever; I'm like Nuts, Oprah gives me the willies, but she is a great success story, a self-made billionaire and she does do good works, one supposes
Robert_Dada
Apr 20, 2009 11:57 AM CDT
And just maybe the whole thing was a calculated move...

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