On AlterNet: dr. phil

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10 Good Reasons You Should Hate Oprah Winfrey

Jennifer Simon, Nerve.com. January 12, 2010.

She's an incredibly successful self-made philanthropist, yes. But she's also a materialistic fat-shamer. And lest we forget, Dr. Phil is her fault.

Has American Society Gone Insane?

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. September 11, 2008.

America's mental health problems may be more than a matter of some "unadjusted" individuals. The entire culture might well need adjusting.

Dr. Phil Was Once My Guilty Pleasure, But He's Lost Me and His Moral Ground

Elaine Corden, The Tyee. May 15, 2007.

Dr. Phil's old-school, blame-the-individual approach to behavioral ails absolves viewers from looking at the ugly fissures in American society as a whole.