There you could find coverage of the social media chaos, but not the underlying reality. The only quarter of the media that seemed reluctant to engage in the facts of the case was the progressive press, or the liberal media. Thus ensued a collective hurling of feces at Amber Heard, despite the evidence gathered meticulously in a 2020 British libel case also focused on Depp's spousal abuse. This case, argued over six weeks before a seven-person jury and judge, and a noisily expanding online audience, drove much of the internet crazy with guilty pleasure. All this, over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse." Depp's lawyers say he was defamed by the article even though it never mentioned his name. This Wednesday afternoon, in Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia, a jury awarded Johnny Depp $15 million in damages in libel suit against Amber Heard, and gave her $2 million in her countersuit against him.Oz a platform, what he became and if she has any responsibility to speak out. Kellie Jackson, historian, associate professor of African Studies, Wellesley College and host and executive producer of the Oprahdemics podcast, and Leah Wright Rigueur, associate professor of history, Johns Hopkins University and co-host of the Oprahdemics podcast, talk to Brian about Oprah's role in giving Dr. One reason the doctor is so popular, despite the many critics who say he promotes unscientific therapies and cures, is his many appearances on Oprah Winfrey's long-running daytime talk show. Oz recently won the Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania. In this segment from his show he examines the relationship between Dr. He hosts a 2 hour live radio call-in show every day from 10 to noon in New York city. Back in the before-times, when we used to go into the radio station every day, our office next-door neighbor was WNYC host Brian Lehrer.