While most of the media and the celebrity circuit can't stop gushing over the idea of Oprah Winfrey being president, The New York Post took a bold step away from its MSM colleagues with a front page that declared "NOPRAH!"

The front page of the major tabloid had a sub-headline asking, "Do we really need another celebrity president?"

The move is a major departure in media circles where many immediately jumped onboard, from the uber-liberal Jimmy Kimmel to former conservative magazine publisher Bill Kristol. On Tuesday Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep appeared jointly on The Ellen Degeneres Show to talk about how wonderful President Oprah would be.

But over at The Post, Maureen Callahan threw cold water on the idea pointing to Oprah's past record of promoting questionable ideas:

On her eponymous daytime talk show — which ran from 1986 to 2011 — Winfrey routinely endorsed fake science and spiritual hucksters. She cast herself as America’s foremost secular deity and seems to still believe it. Logic and reason don’t guide Oprah Winfrey; feelings and money do.

In 2006, Winfrey endorsed one of the most anti-intellectual products of the decade: a book and video called “The Secret,” which promises that anyone can have anything they want as long as they visualize it. Conversely, if tragedy or poverty befall you, it’s your fault. “The Secret” went on to sell 20 million copies internationally.  

Beyond that, and beyond Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz, Winfrey also gave her sizable platform over to the anti-vaccine movement:

Winfrey also gave a platform to Jenny McCarthy, the former Playboy Playmate-turned-vocal anti-vaxxer. In her 2007 appearance, McCarthy claimed that her then-toddler son’s autism was caused by a measles, mumps and rubella vaccination — a wholly unproved and unscientific assertion, one Winfrey largely ceded to her guest.

“My science is named Evan, and he’s at home,” McCarthy said. “That’s my science.”

That’s actually the opposite of science — it’s an anecdotal assumption — but Winfrey left that statement unchallenged, making McCarthy a regular guest and signing her to a talk show deal.  

Would Winfrey actually run? That depends on whom you ask. While Oprah's longtime partner Stedman Graham said "She would absolutely do it!" Gayle King, Oprah's best friend, said on Tuesday, "I don't think she's actively considering it at this time."