stackyFACTSThe irony of being fired for the exact thing that would make you a billionaire. In the late 70s, a Baltimore news producer demoted Winfrey for bringing too much empathy to her reporting, effectively pushing her into daytime talk shows where empathy literally became a global empire.
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