I received a good amount of feeback after last week's story, "Attack of the 50-foot Oprah," made the case that the multi-media queen of feelgood has amassed too much power for everyone's good. Not surprisingly, several folks suggested that such a story might have been motivated by underlying racism and sexism -- which is unfortunate.
So in the interests of a self-serving follow-up, this piece in the San Diego Union-Tribune describes how Oprah stiffed a bunch of high school kids -- and student journalists -- during a visit to San Diego High School. Bill Gates was equally inaccessible, but unlike the much beloved Oprah, Gates --even with all his philanthropy -- is considered a goofy geek and/or a robber baron by a huge chunk of America.