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May 26, 2012

O.J. book, TV interview cancelled by News Corp. - UPDATE

by Joel Keller, posted Nov 20th 2006 4:17PM

OJ Mug shotWho says Rupert Murdoch isn't a sweetheart?

According to the Associated Press (by way of ESPN), the hue and cry over If I Did It, Here's How It Happened has led News Corp. chairman to cancel both the book and TV special planned for next week. In both the book and special, O.J. Simpson would describe how "in theory" he would have killed Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman in 1994. "In theory," by the way, is Latin for "I got away with it and now I can unburden myself for profit, suckers."

Anyway, after a dozen FOX afilliates refused to air the special, and Borders stores said all profits on the book would go to charity, and the Goldman and Brown families went public with their extreme displeasure over the project, Murdoch did the right thing and put the kibosh on the plan. "I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project," he said. "We are sorry for any pain that his has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson."

Can the arm-twisitng-generated apology from Judith Regan, who published the book under her imprint and was going to host the special, be far behind?

[Thanks to Tim UF for the head's up.]

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Becky Diamond

He should be hung. No honor should be due him. His children should not be allowed to be with him.

November 28 2006 at 11:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gordy

Hmm, didn't he get 2.5 million up front? That's gotta be the easiest money he ever made. Now he can pay the Brown/Goldman families.

November 21 2006 at 9:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
khamel

so am i the only person who was insanely excited for this interview? i was devistated that its going to be pulled. i need this to get leaked to youtube.

and to be fair, i could have wrote a book on how i "could have killed nicole" because all the info is basically public now. unless hes guilty (im not sure) he doesn't know anything we dont and unless hes guilty AND stupid he wouldn't say anything we dont know. this is shock value at its best/worst and nothing more.

November 20 2006 at 6:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tool

I wanted to see that creep confess--or at least hypothetically confess--to these crimes.

November 20 2006 at 6:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JW

Someone has common sense in TV land.

November 20 2006 at 5:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David

Damn I wanted the book to come out because teachers who going to use it in their pyscho class.

November 20 2006 at 4:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sam

Joel, can you promise me that this will be the last OJ-related thing this blog ever runs? Please? I will bake you brownies (okay, they'll be from a Duncan Hines box, but still ... )

November 20 2006 at 4:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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