New York Times:
“I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project,” Mr. Murdoch said in a statement. “We are sorry for any pain this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown-Simpson.”
Mr. Simpson was accused of the 1994 stabbing murders of his wife Nicole and her friend Ronald L. Goldman. After a televised trial watched by millions around the world, a jury acquitted Mr. Simpson, who had always maintained his innocence. But in the unorthodox literary project, and the accompanying television special, Mr. Simpson reportedly details how he might have killed Ms. Simpson and Mr. Goldman, if he had killed them.
His book editor, Judith Regan, who also conducted an interview of Mr. Simpson for the television special, has said the book is Mr. Simpson’s confession to the murders of Ms. Simpson and Mr. Goldman. Mr. Simpson has not spoken publicly about the book or the TV special.
The project was met with a hail of criticism, especially as it revived memories of a crime that set off a searing national debate on race, crime and whether the rich get away with murder. A dozen Fox affiliates have already said they would not broadcast the two-part program, which had been scheduled during sweeps month on Nov. 27 and 29 just before publication of the book. It was being published by ReganBooks, a HarperCollins imprint owned, like the Fox network, by the News Corporation.
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By Ian, November 21, 2006 at 8:47 pm #
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This worries me. Murdoch is evil. In the UK similar items to the OJ Simpson thing, Ian Huntly and Maxine Carr,(Soham murders) and the Jamie Bulger murderers were brought back into the headlines to distract the public from the Falluja massacre. What are they hiding now behind the OJ shit. It works like a magician does, distracts you with one hand while he’s up to something with the other.
Report thisBy Bluestocking, November 21, 2006 at 7:42 am #
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At least Murdoch did the right thing, even if he did it for the wrong reasons. Let’s face it—the only real reason why Murdoch changed his mind is because he realized that showing the program would probably hurt the network’s ratings rather than help them. He hasn’t had any sort of big epiphany—I have no doubt that he rescinded on the program for much the same reason that he originally agreed to do it, for purely self-serving reasons. If Murdoch wanted to convince people that he has a conscience, he should have made the most ethical choice of all (as many of the other networks did) and refused to broadcast it.
Report thisBy Ken Mitchell, November 21, 2006 at 6:20 am #
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THis reminds me of NBC cancelling the mini-drama on the Reagans due to public pressure. This is a blow for free speech. Free speech includes what we don’t like as well as what we do. For the record, I have a low opinion of both FOX and OJ. I don’t plan on reading the book if it ever does get published.
Report thisBy busta, November 20, 2006 at 3:44 pm #
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Does this show that FOX might actually have a line that even they wont cross?
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