{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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She stated their political paths are unrelated to her, citing their expertise at the time she featured them on her show.","category":"Media","area":null,"publishedAt":"2026-08-13T19:46:29.831Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-13T18:26:37.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-15T01:30:28.344Z","readTime":"5 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":55,"hype":35,"notes":{"trust":"Only one outlet provided a full report; others are digests.","critic":"Quotes and context limited to one outlet's report.","hype":"Headlines overstate Winfrey's distancing; body is measured."}},"tags":["#OprahWinfrey","#DrPhilMcGraw","#DrMehmetOz","#USMedia","#TrumpAllies","#TalkShowHistory"],"entities":["Oprah Winfrey","Dr. Phil McGraw","Dr. Mehmet Oz","Donald Trump","Kamala Harris","Merit Street Media"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Oprah Winfrey introduced Dr. Phil McGraw as a weekly expert on her show in 1998 and Dr. Mehmet Oz as a medical expert in 2004.","Both men later became allies of Donald Trump, with McGraw serving on Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission and Oz leading Medicare & Medicaid Services in 2025.","Winfrey stated in an interview that their careers and political views have nothing to do with her, defending her original decision to platform them.","The left-rated outlets below led on Winfrey’s response, while the centre-rated digest carried the story without additional framing."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Oprah Winfrey has addressed criticism over her role in launching the careers of Dr. Phil McGraw and Dr. Mehmet Oz, two television personalities who later became allies of former US president Donald Trump. Winfrey featured McGraw, a psychologist who let his licence lapse two decades ago, as a weekly expert on her show starting in 1998. Oz, a physician with degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, began appearing as a medical expert in 2004."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Both men went on to host their own long-running programmes, *Dr. Phil* and *The Dr. Oz Show*, which outlasted Winfrey’s original talk show. McGraw now serves on Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission and has promoted MAGA initiatives through his conservative cable network, Merit Street Media. Oz was appointed to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in 2025 and has supported Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In an interview with *Emmy Magazine*, Winfrey said the criticism she faces for platforming the pair is unrelated to her original reasons for featuring them. She stated, “Everybody has their own path in life, and it has not one thing to do with me, and I don’t have one thing to do with them.” Winfrey added that she believed both men had valuable information to share at the time, citing McGraw’s support during a 1997 lawsuit and Oz’s ability to explain medical topics in accessible terms."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No right-rated outlet ran this story at all. None of the digests or the full report mentioned that Winfrey’s interview with *Emmy Magazine* was published on 12 August 2026, or that she has not commented on McGraw or Oz’s political roles since their appointments in 2025. The unrated digest from *The Zambian Observer* included Winfrey’s defence but did not add new details."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"Breitbart","url":"https://breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/08/17/nolte-oprah-distances-herself-from-dr-phil-and-dr-oz","headline":"Nolte: Oprah Distances Herself from Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-17T17:01:46.000Z"},{"sourceName":"New York Post","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/08/16/media/oprah-washes-her-hands-of-dr-phil-dr-oz-over-their-pro-trump-politics-not-one-thing-to-do-with-me","headline":"Oprah washes her hands of Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz over their pro-Trump politics: ‘Not one thing to do with me’","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-17T01:32:13.000Z"},{"sourceName":"ussanews.com","url":"https://ussanews.com/2026/08/16/oprah-washes-her-hands-of-dr-phil-dr-oz-over-their-pro-trump-politics-not-one-thing-to-do-with-me","headline":"Oprah washes her hands of Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz over their pro-Trump politics: ‘Not one thing to do with me’","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-08-16T12:40:36.474Z"},{"sourceName":"Lodinews.com","url":"https://lodinews.com/entertainment/article_296b84fe-62c7-593b-9766-de52c2050276.html","headline":"Oprah Winfrey put Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz on the map. 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