Someone had some sense
Oprah Winfrey was uncomfortable with Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s sermons, Newsweek says
Talk-show host left church, didn’t want to offend her audience, associates say
By Mike Dorning | Tribune reporter
Associates of Oprah Winfrey tell Newsweek that she stopped attending the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.’s Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago during the 1990s in part because of the tone of his sermons.
According to two sources, Winfrey was never comfortable with the tone of Wright’s more incendiary sermons, which she knew had the power to damage her standing as America’s favorite daytime talk-show host.
“Oprah is a businesswoman, first and foremost,” said one longtime friend, who requested anonymity when discussing Winfrey’s personal sentiments. “She’s always been aware that her audience is very mainstream, and doing anything to offend them just wouldn’t be smart. She’s been around black churches all her life, so Rev. Wright’s anger-filled message didn’t surprise her. But it just wasn’t what she was looking for in a church.” (more…)
May 10th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Yea… Sense enough to not run behind ANY preacher. I see McCain’s multiple preacher problems are finally getting a LITTLE bit of press. Not here though unsurpisingly.
(Talk about media having kid gloves with someone… This guy gets SO many passes it’s ridiculous.)
Anyway… ALL preacher’s need to be looked at a hell of a lot more closely if you ask me.