Rupert Backs Down
November 26, 2006
I'm sorry Rupert Murdoch backed down on doing the O.J. Simpson book and interview. I wanted to hear his confession.
The family of one of the victims is suing to prevent the story from coming out. That seems like something O.J. should be doing. We don't know whether his story will have any credibility. We just know he could tell us if he wanted to.
Every report on the story I read expressed happiness that News Corp. had nixed the book and interview. USA Today said the public had "drawn the line on bad taste," and Murdoch listened. Other opinions focused on the probability that O.J. would find a way to profit from the story without paying any of it to the victims' families (to whom he owes $30 million+ in civil court penalties).
For everybody who is dying to know if he did the slashing himself or had a friend help, O.J.'s "answers," such as they are, will eventually find their way onto the Internet. The only problem is that now the victims' families have little or no chance of getting any money from them.
posted by M. Masterson @ 11:05 AM,
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