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Dr Phil. I know, I know!

wasapi

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It was on Friday. I was putzing around the house doing some manic cleaning, and after awhile I realized that a missing person/suspected homicide case was the topic of discussion. Being interested in crime topics, I paid more attention.


OK, some FBI profilers weighed in. The family interviewed. We learned that people heard "the victim" pull her car up to her house, followed by the sounds of a scuffle and muffled cries. Being in a rural, wooded area, she was never located.

Then - the Psychic weighs in! The woman psychic, with all of the lies about helping LE, and looking out of Central Casting, gave her "psychic visions".


I am serious here. "Water and woods", "against her will". WTF?


Does it make any difference, writing these shows?
 
Mrs Skeptical Greg watches Dr. Phil.. I suffer through an episode now and then..

Sometimes it's entertaining ( but sad ) when he is trying to rescue an elderly widow from a Nigerian scam artist who she is convinced is Tyler Perry..
 
"...wait, something's coming to me...I see a car... A struggle...neighbors not giving a rats ass that she is being murdered...some sort of green things on tall wooden sticks..okay, that'll be $2500. Cash is fine."
 
philkensebben said:
Thats amazing. Can we now presume the victim has been located, the family has closure and the perpetrators have been apprehended? If not, why not?
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I've always liked the occasional crime drama in which a psychic makes accurate predictions that lead to a victim being recovered, the detective immediately starts working under the assumption that they're involved in the crime, and they are.
For example, an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in which Martin Short played a psychic who was secretly a serial kidnapper and rapist.
 
I've always hated Dr. Phil. Then I went to a graduation ceremony where he was the keynote speaker. It was entertaining and I enjoyed myself. Since then I have decided to just hate his show.
 
Dr. Keith said:
I've always hated Dr. Phil. Then I went to a graduation ceremony where he was the keynote speaker. It was entertaining and I enjoyed myself. Since then I have decided to just hate his show.
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I guess he has his moments! His show . . . not so much.

Yet, I am still curious. Does it make any difference writing these shows, or, if they are always go by popular draw? A high demand from viewers would obfuscate any attempt?
 
philkensebben said:
Thats amazing. Can we now presume the victim has been located, the family has closure and the perpetrators have been apprehended? If not, why not?
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She can't. This is the same type of lecherous irresponsible monster Slyvia was when she told Amanda Berry's mother her daughter was dead.
 
xterra said:
I present to you a very long thread on Dr Phil, with plenty of reasons not to bother writing, but also plenty of reason to change your mind about him.
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Welll.....be aware, only the first handful of pages of that thread have anything to do with Dr. Phil. The rest of it is a discussion solely of Byington, and a protracted argument she waged against skeptics on her book's review-comment section on Amazon.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong; but I believe when that particular episode finally came out, Dr. Phil pretty much denounced Byington.
 
wasapi said:
It was on Friday. I was putzing around the house doing some manic cleaning, and after awhile I realized that a missing person/suspected homicide case was the topic of discussion. Being interested in crime topics, I paid more attention.


OK, some FBI profilers weighed in. The family interviewed. We learned that people heard "the victim" pull her car up to her house, followed by the sounds of a scuffle and muffled cries. Being in a rural, wooded area, she was never located.

Then - the Psychic weighs in! The woman psychic, with all of the lies about helping LE, and looking out of Central Casting, gave her "psychic visions".


I am serious here. "Water and woods", "against her will". WTF?


Does it make any difference, writing these shows?
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Are you referencing the Friday, 25 January 2019 airing with "Psychic Detective" Pam Coronado talking about the Laurie Depies disappearance?

This will help me know what specific information to write about.
 
wasapi said:
Then - the Psychic weighs in! The woman psychic, with all of the lies about helping LE, and looking out of Central Casting, gave her "psychic visions".


I am serious here. "Water and woods", "against her will". WTF?


Does it make any difference, writing these shows?
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I suppose we can take at least a little comfort in the departure of Montel Williams from TV (and Sylvia Browne from this earth). That was a positive step towards delegitimizing psychics. Maybe one day they'll disappear entirely.
 
The other thing that was stated was that she was a psychic for the FBI. Don't think so.
 
Loss Leader said:
I suppose we can take at least a little comfort in the departure of Montel Williams from TV (and Sylvia Browne from this earth). That was a positive step towards delegitimizing psychics. Maybe one day they'll disappear entirely.
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Sadly the biggest current promoter of Woo...Oprah...is stronger then ever.
She was a huge promotor of John Of God...until his arrest on child molestation charges.
 
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dudalb said:
Sadly the biggest current promoter of Woo...Oprah...is stronger then ever.
She was a huge promotor of John Of God...until his arrest on child molestation charges.
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... and The Secret. Of course, from Oprah's point of view, The Secret works. She was a poor child from Chicago who grew up to preside over a media empire. As far as she's concerned, if she wishes for something it actually comes true.

But she hasn't promoted psychics as much as Montel. Garbage science, pop psychology, and anti-medicine - yes. Psychics - not so much.
 
Loss Leader said:
... and The Secret. Of course, from Oprah's point of view, The Secret works. She was a poor child from Chicago who grew up to preside over a media empire. As far as she's concerned, if she wishes for something it actually comes true.

But she hasn't promoted psychics as much as Montel. Garbage science, pop psychology, and anti-medicine - yes. Psychics - not so much.
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You might be right...but IMHO it's sort of distinction without a real difference. Woo is woo, no matter what the flavor.

And just to be picky, I think psychics often all in the area of Garbage Science, since a great many of them give phony science explanations for their powers.
 
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