He isn't 'my boy', and I've read all the hit pieces; they're nearly all rubbish.
Yes, it was. And, you didn't make your case well; merely finding a couple of outliers doesn't back up what you claim re 'public square' stuff. There are several dozens of televangelists, and the majority of them are some variation of Osteen, and for a reason, they're those 'Word Of Faith' types.
AS for Osteen's money, most of them also follow Billy Graham's example of living off royalties and don't take a dime from their churches. Osteen in fact has a net worth far below what it should be; his is around $100 million, while his book advances alone run over $400 million. He obviously gives a lot of his away. The people making a lot of them rich are the big eastern liberal book publishers, not their churches.