On Obama And Oprah

Is Oprah Winfrey's "crown . . . beginning to look a bit tarnished" as a result of her endorsement of Senator Obama? Noting that Oprah's average audience has declined 7 percent this year, Ed Wyatt writes that Oprah's endorsement of Obama "appears to have alienated some of the middle-aged white women who make up the bulk of her television audience, many of whom support Senator Hillary Clinton." "Since the endorsement . . . angry criticism of her political stance became a regular feature of the message boards on Oprah.com."