Dr. Phil digs up dead woman... to boost ratings!

Publication: Globe

Date: 14 Nov. 2011

The Globe says Dr. Phil dug up a dead woman to get ratings.  They consider this an "outrage!", a popular word on the tabloid covers this week.

He Fought The Law Alert™: Dr. Phil's child torture scandal

Publication: Globe
Date: 21 February 2011

The Globe takes a story that took place on Dr. Phil's show, footage of an Anchorage woman disciplining her child that got her arrested for child abuse, and extrapolates that Dr. Phil himself should be criminally liable.

Who's Nasty and Who's Nice?

Publication: National Examiner

Date: 13 December 2010



The low rent Examiner, usually in competition with the other Wicked Step Sisters for who can print the most nasty headlines, produces a front cover that is, dare I say it, fair and balanced this week. They have a grab bag story about who is nasty and who is nice, identifying three of each, then they have five pictures of celebrities who they identify inside the magazine. As usual, I didn't open the magazine to find out, but I'll admit I was tempted to do so, and I never want to open up the low rent Examiner.



Here are the three nasty celebrities they identify.

• Dr. Phil McGraw
• Angelina Jolie
• Barbara Walters

I can believe that list.

Here are the three celebrities they identify as nice.

• Angela Lansbury
• Tom Hanks
• George Clooney

Also a believable list.

These are five names they promise to identify inside the magazine as nasty or nice.

• Donald Trump
• Matt Lauer
• Sally Field
• Garth Brooks
• Madonna

Okay, I'm a little curious, but I have a pretty good idea which way each of these goes, at least about the celebrities for whom I actually have formed an opinion.

Fussin' and Feudin' Alert™:Dr. Phil and Dog the Bounty Hunter

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 10 May 2010

So this guy.

He's having a feud with this guy.

I didn't even know they hung out in the same circles.

The seven-year old version of me would want to know "Who could whup?", but I think that's pretty obvious. Aren't the more important questions "Who is more in touch with his feelings?" and "Who has the better ratings?"

On the Rocks Alert: Dr. Phil caves to wife in divorce settlement

Publication: Globe magazine
Date: 15 Feb. 2010

It's Wednesday, clean-up day here on the blog, waiting for the exciting new lies to be published tomorrow. The Globe tells us that the Dr. Phil divorce is going wifey's way because Phil is a wuss.

I don't watch daytime TV, so I do not truly understand the cultural significance of Dr. Phil, but what little I have seen of him makes me glad things aren't going well for him.