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Oprah slammed by Ferguson protestors over 'leadership' comment

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Oprah Winfrey has been slammed been slammed by protestors over her recent comment about lack of leadership among them.

The sentiment provoked outrage from protest organizers on Twitter, most of whom are young and who have purposefully embraced a diffuse, leaderless approach and they pushed back against the insinuation that they have not articulated any demands, and accused Winfrey of being out of touch and elitist, Washington Post reported.

The TV host had told People Magazine that that she was looking some kind of leadership to come out and say what they want, what has to change and the steps that they need to take to make these changes and stating what they are willing to do to get it.

 

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First Published: Jan 03 2015 | 3:44 PM IST

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