Is Oprah Reneging On Not Using Show As Candidates' Platform?

Drudge reported Tuesday morning that billionaire television mogul Oprah Winfrey is "offering to 'produce' the half-hour Barack Obama advertisement set to air on Oct. 29...The Daytime TV dynamo has even offered up her studio space in Chicago."

If this is true, wouldn't it go counter to the excuse Oprah gave on September 5 when she announced that she would not have Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on her show until after Election Day?

As NewsBusters reported at the time:

According to ABCNews.com, in an article stunningly titled, "Is Oprah Biased? Host Won't Interview Palin," such appears to be the case (photo courtesy Getty Images/AP): 

"At the beginning of the presidential campaign, when I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates," wrote Winfrey.

"I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over," she added.

Well, Oprah, if you decided "[a]t the beginning of the presidential campaign" to not use your show "as a platform for any of the candidates," wouldn't offering your studio to Obama go against this promise?

It should be interesting to watch how Winfrey and her media minions explain this obvious hypocrisy if indeed Obama does use her studio for his October 29 infomercial.