Whoopi Goldberg slams NY Times for not mentioning her as Oscar winner

[celeb_2006]

Whoopi Goldberg slams NY Times for ‘sloppy journalism’ - Yahoo! News

Whoopi Goldberg blasted the New York Times today for not mentioning her in a Sunday article about black Oscar winners.

"I am embarrassed to tell you it hurt me terribly," Goldberg said Monday on "The View." "When you win an Academy Award, that's part of what you've done, your legacy. I will always be Academy Award-winner Whoopi Goldberg."

Goldberg said she was "dismissed and erased" by the Times' top film critics and described the piece as "sloppy journalism." And to settle any doubts whether she's an Academy Award-winner, Goldberg pulled out her Oscar for the 1990 film "Ghost."

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It's true that the Times didn't mention Goldberg. And clearly she was offended by the omission. But did the Times make a factual error?
The Times films critics described how Denzel Washington and Halle Berry won Oscars in 2002, before noting in the following paragraph that the Academy "had given statuettes to a total of seven black actors in the previous 73 years."

It would be incorrect to claim that only seven black actors have ever won the award, which is apparently how Barbara Walters read the piece. But the Times is correct that only seven won the award before 2002.
Either way, Elisabeth Hasselbeck is siding with her co-host and said Monday that she canceled her subscription.

A Times spokeswoman declined to respond to criticism on "The View."

[piperdiva]

Bitch, please

[Trixie]

Oh good grief. There were six other Oscar winners who weren't mentioned and you don't hear them whining. (The ones who aren't dead, anyway....)

[Brookie]

*Plays tiny violin*

[Laurent]

I get that she's proud of being an Oscar winner, and she should be, but good Lord this screams petty.

[McJag]

I sympathize with her. That is a major honor and there she is sitting right in their own backyard. It is peculiar they skipped her name

[Trixie]

^^ Not really. From what I've read, the article's focus was on African American Oscar winners since 2002, when Halle and Denzel won. Basically how they opened the doors I guess.

They didn't mention Louis Gossett Jr, Cuba Gooding, Sidney Poitier etc by name either.

[Melyanna]

Originally Posted by Trixie

^^ Not really. From what I've read, the article's focus was on African American Oscar winners since 2002, when Halle and Denzel won. Basically how they opened the doors I guess.

They didn't mention Louis Gossett Jr, Cuba Gooding, Sidney Poitier etc by name either.

So they only mentioned those African American Oscar winners that are fashionable now.
I would be offended, though I don't support whining in public.

[Trixie]

^^Seems that way, but I didn't read the actual article.

I don't blame her for being offended, but she acts as though she was singled out for omission. No mention of the other esteemed actors who also weren't named.

[Mel1973]

Originally Posted by Trixie

^^ Not really. From what I've read, the article's focus was on African American Oscar winners since 2002, when Halle and Denzel won. Basically how they opened the doors I guess.

They didn't mention Louis Gossett Jr, Cuba Gooding, Sidney Poitier etc by name either.

They did mention Sidney Poitier. They also mentioned Hattie McDaniel, Jamie Foxx, Forrest Whitaker, Morgan Freeeman, Jennifer Hudson, Mo'nique (the bolded being Oscar winners after 2002 when Halle & Denzel won Oscars). I don't think they deliberately left out Whoopi. She's being a crybaby bitch is all.

[Trixie]

So she WAS singled out for omission? Well, that's what I get for not reading the actual article.

[emily litella] Nevermind. [/emily litella]

[Mel1973]

Originally Posted by Trixie

So she WAS singled out for omission? Well, that's what I get for not reading the actual article.

[emily litella] Nevermind. [/emily litella]

I'm gonna have to hurt you!!
Here's the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/mo.../13movies.html

I don't think she was singled out for omission. Specifically because she wasn't "singled" out - there were many winners not mentioned. She's just the only one crying about it. To simplify it even more, here's a complete list of black oscar winners (I hope its complete):
Here is a list of all African American Oscar winners as of 2010 (acting awards are bold):

• Hattie McDaniel, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Gone With the Wind (1939).
• James Baskett, Honorary Award "for his able and heart-warming characterization of Uncle Remus, friend and story teller to the children of the world in Walt Disney's Song of the South" (1946).
• Sidney Poitier, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Lilies of the Field (1963).
• Isaac Hayes, Best Music, Original Song for "Theme from Shaft" from Shaft (1971).
• Louis Gossett, Jr., Best Actor in a Supporting Role for An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).
• Irene Cara, Best Music, Original Song for "Flashdance...What a Feeling" from Flashdance (1983).
• Prince, Best Music, Original Song Score for Purple Rain (1984).
• Stevie Wonder, Best Music, Original Song for "I Just Called to Say I Loved You" from The Woman in Red (1984).
• Lionel Richie, Best Music, Original Song for "Say You, Say Me" from White Nights (1985).
• Herbie Hancock, Best Music, Original Score for 'Round Midnight (1986).
• Willie D. Burton, Best Sound for Bird (1988).
• Denzel Washington, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Glory (1989).
• Russell Williams II, Best Sound for Glory (1989) [shared with Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg Rudloff, and Elliot Tyson].
• Whoopi Goldberg, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Ghost (1990).
• Russell Williams II, Best Sound for Dances With Wolves (1990).
• Cuba Gooding, Jr., Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Jerry Maguire (1996).
• Halle Berry, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Monster's Ball (2001).
• Denzel Washington, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Training Day (2001).
• Sidney Poitier, Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award "for his extraordinary performances and unique presence on the screen and for representing the industry with dignity, style and intelligence." [awarded at the 2002 Academy Awards Ceremony]
• Jamie Foxx, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Ray (2004).
• Morgan Freeman, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Million Dollar Baby (2004).
• Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman, and Paul Beauregard [aka Three 6 Mafia], Best Music, Original Song for "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle & Flow (2005).
• Forest Whitaker, Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Last King of Scotland (2006).
• Jennifer Hudson, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Dreamgirls (2006).
• Willie D. Burton, Best Achievement in Sound Mixing for Dreamgirls (2006).
• Mo'Nique, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Precious: Based On The Novel 'Push' By Sapphire (2009).
• Geoffrey Fletcher, Best Adapted Screenplay for Precious: Based On The Novel 'Push' By Sapphire (2009).

[Trixie]

OK I read it now!! I sooo hate being right, then being wrong, then being right.

They really didn't mention the 7 pre-2002 winners, with the exception of Hattie McDaniel and Sidney Poitier. (Probably because they were the first male/female Oscars) So Whoopi WASN'T the only one not mentioned (as I originally thought) since nothing was said about Cuba Gooding or Louis Gossett either.

Do I finally have it right now?

And Whoopi is still a big crybaby drama queen about this.

*runs from thread*

[Mel1973]

Originally Posted by Trixie

OK I read it now!! I sooo hate being right, then being wrong, then being right.

They really didn't mention the 7 pre-2002 winners, with the exception of Hattie McDaniel and Sidney Poitier. (Probably because they were the first male/female Oscars) So Whoopi WASN'T the only one not mentioned (as I originally thought) since nothing was said about Cuba Gooding or Louis Gossett either.

Do I finally have it right now?

And Whoopi is still a big crybaby drama queen about this.

*runs from thread*

Yes, thank jebus you have it right!

[Trixie]

Whew.