Read in Leahpeah’s interview with Jon Armstrong that he admired Hunter Thompson. Followed that link to Wikipedia where I read that “Central to gonzo journalism is the notion that journalism can be more truthful without strict observance of traditional rules of factual reportage. The best work in the genre is characterized by a novelistic twist added to reportage, with usual standards of accuracy subordinated to catching the mood of a place or event. The reporter and the quest for information are central, with other considerations taking a back seat.”

Now is this not what James Frey did in Million Little Pieces? So perhaps Oprah et al are mistaken in accusing Frey of lying and maligning the good name of Memoir. Perhaps they simply don’t get Gonzo journalism.