Oprah's audience is females. She provides an example to women of someone who clawed her way from poverty to economic success. She promotes other women who have done the same. She has paid to set up an all girls school somewhere in Africa, I forget which country. She encourages her audience to read with a list of suggested titles. Bookstores carry the list titles, and an author who makes the list is going to sell a lot of books. Unlike the other parasitic talking heads, she does make a contribution. She is also a devoted fan of the Three Stooges. David Chananie