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    Oprah Winfrey: The Media Queen
    Oprah Winfrey: The Media Queen
    Oprah Winfrey: The Media Queen
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    Oprah Winfrey: The Media Queen

    By Jane K Allende

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    Oprah Winfrey is a media mogul, television host and author. Oprah Winfey rose from poverty, abuse and prejudice to become one of the most influential people on the planet. Today she earns an annual salary of $315 million thanks to her highly lucrative media empire. A dedicated scholar, she excelled at school and earned a scholarship to Tennessee State University. Her career in media began in her teens when she was hired by a local radio station to announce the news. From there she moved on to television with The Oprah Winfrey Show debuting in 1984 and quickly rising to the number one talk show in Chicago, displacing Phil Donahue. When Oprah began to broadcast nationally two years later, Donahue's show was once again surpassed in ratings. Oprah's diverse format included world and humanitarian issues, health, spirituality, and interviews with the non-famous and famous alike.
    She is credited for having revolutionized the television talk show platform.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXinXii
    Release dateJun 4, 2014
    ISBN9781304928382
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      Oprah Winfrey - Jane K Allende

      Oprah Winfrey: The Media Queen

      © 2014 by Jane K Allende

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      She Is More Powerful Than President

      American media personality Oprah Winfrey just might be the most influential person in the world. Many people consider her more powerful than the President. Not to mention the fact that Oprah's the one who got Obama elected. She promoted him back during the election, and she basically made him President instead of Hilary Clinton or John McCain. It's like Oprah has 200 electoral votes. Nowadays, if you want to become President, you really need to win Florida, Ohio, and Oprah. And even if Oprah's candidate doesn't win, Oprah might secede from the Union and tell her viewers to attack Fort Sumter. A few months later, our President will be on TV while Oprah holds a gun to his head. And he'll say, My fellow Americans. We're no longer Americans. At 3:25 Oprah Standard Time, I surrendered the Union to Oprah's Confederacy. Our new national anthem is (hums Oprah Theme Song). And now, allow me to introduce President Oprah, Vice President Oz, and Secretary of State Phil.

      Oprah spent most of her earliest years living with her grandmother in rural Mississippi. She was disliked by most of the kids in her school, and found her main joy in learning and reading. She also had a knack and joy for speaking, especially public speaking.

      At the age six, she went to live with her mother in an apartment in Milwaukee. While there, she received hardly any attention from her mother, who was busy with work, a new daughter, and a boyfriend. Oprah moved to Nashville to live with her father, but after less than a year, she moved back in with her mother.

      At age nine, Oprah was raped by an older cousin, and for the next several years, she was sexually abused by several other male relatives and friends of her mother, but remained silent about it. Oprah also became very rebellious at that time, and her mother felt that she couldn’t handle her anymore.

      At age

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