http://www.askdrjones.com/in-the-media/truth-matters/ Ask Dr. Jones Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:48:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.askdrjones.com/in-the-media/truth-matters/#comment-6864 J Ehlert Sat, 28 Jan 2006 21:00:32 +0000 http://www.askdrjones.com/?p=52#comment-6864 Dr Jones Bravo on your Oprah comments. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the same honesty and character from all our corporate leaders, Martha Stewart, politicians, the top level leaders in government and military. Seems many high achievers to want to "deceive to receive" and then invent elaborate "defenses”. I saw a news article stating that "52% of Americans expect a certain level of deceit from government officials." Since certainty is difficult to find we can only trust and accept the fact that we are going to error- be human. Ever consider writing a letter stating that you are proud of her response? Dr Jones
Bravo on your Oprah comments. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the same honesty and character from all our corporate leaders, Martha Stewart, politicians, the top level leaders in government and military. Seems many high achievers to want to “deceive to receive” and then invent elaborate “defenses”. I saw a news article stating that “52% of Americans expect a certain level of deceit from government officials.” Since certainty is difficult to find we can only trust and accept the fact that we are going to error- be human. Ever consider writing a letter stating that you are proud of her response?

]]> http://www.askdrjones.com/in-the-media/truth-matters/#comment-6865 nicole ortmeier Sat, 28 Jan 2006 01:23:05 +0000 http://www.askdrjones.com/?p=52#comment-6865 I am going to try this one more time: This guy is a drug/alcohol addict. That means he suffers with all the ism's that go along with the disease, and the need to embellish is one of those ism's. Why? He does not have a healthy ego. Shame on all the people who took his word without question! His story is fantastic, and if it were put in the right catagory (whatever that would be) with "based on a real life story" written across the front of the book, it would have sold as many copies and there would be no problem. Instead, the people who published this book chose to be decieved because they had their eye on the almighty dollar. James Frey did what many authors do. He tried to make an impression at the cost of the truth. It worked in Biblical days when the Jewish tradition of embellishing a story to get the main point across was acceptable. I still think he has a marvelous talent and should continue to write. I hope he gets some help for his character disorders and continues his road of recovery (which is ongoing and didn't stop with a 30 day rehab program.) Oprah is so pure and healthy in her insight into herself and others that she forgot that even the most well intended people often don't have the skills and the insight to be beyond reproach. --a lesson we all need to be reminded of from time to time! I am going to try this one more time:
This guy is a drug/alcohol addict. That means
he suffers with all the ism’s that go along with
the disease, and the need to embellish is one of
those ism’s. Why? He does not have a healthy ego.
Shame on all the people who took his word without
question! His story is fantastic, and if it were
put in the right catagory (whatever that would be)
with “based on a real life story” written across the front of the book, it would have
sold as many copies and there would be no problem.
Instead, the people who published this book chose
to be decieved because they had their eye on the
almighty dollar. James Frey did what many authors
do. He tried to make an impression at the cost of
the truth. It worked in Biblical days when the
Jewish tradition of embellishing a story to get
the main point across was acceptable. I still think he has a marvelous talent and should continue to write. I hope he gets some help for
his character disorders and continues his road
of recovery (which is ongoing and didn’t stop
with a 30 day rehab program.) Oprah is so pure
and healthy in her insight into herself and others that she forgot that even the most well
intended people often don’t have the skills and
the insight to be beyond reproach. –a lesson we
all need to be reminded of from time to time!

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