NewsCorp, the conglomerate which owns Fox Broadcasting and HarperCollins has cancelled both the upcoming book as well as the television special.
At least Old J. Simpson won't be profiting off his crimes.
However, as I said in my last post, controversy creates cash and now people will be even more interested in this garbage. How long before another publisher picks it up?
Monday, November 20, 2006
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Some Fox affiliates not showing the O.J. Simpson special
I promise this is not the O.J. Simpson blog. It is only coincidence I have made two straight posts dedicated to the former football star.
But, it seems my local affiliate has decided not to air the mocking interview. Now, I cannot honestly say it will affect me personally, as I had no desire to watch it but I have conflicting emotions about the whole thing.
While my article in this week's Vanguard called for the boycott of not only the special but the advertisers as well, I cannot shake the feeling that this is a form of censorship. Not government mandated censorship but censorship nontheless.
I am a little worried that Lin Broadcasting's (the owner of Mobile's Fox affiliate, WALA) decision to not air the piece of trash will only drive the curious towards the bookstore in a mad stampede. After all, controversy creates cash and Old J. Simpson is nothing if not controversal.
The AP is also reporting that many advertisers are reluctant to shell out cash for commercials during the broadcast. This is good news to me, as it gives me fewer products to boycott this holiday season.
Of course, there is always the possibilty Fox 10 will show the special anyway. It is still posted on their HD schedule for next week. Too bad Comcast does not have an HD channel for Fox on its lineup.
But, it seems my local affiliate has decided not to air the mocking interview. Now, I cannot honestly say it will affect me personally, as I had no desire to watch it but I have conflicting emotions about the whole thing.
While my article in this week's Vanguard called for the boycott of not only the special but the advertisers as well, I cannot shake the feeling that this is a form of censorship. Not government mandated censorship but censorship nontheless.
I am a little worried that Lin Broadcasting's (the owner of Mobile's Fox affiliate, WALA) decision to not air the piece of trash will only drive the curious towards the bookstore in a mad stampede. After all, controversy creates cash and Old J. Simpson is nothing if not controversal.
The AP is also reporting that many advertisers are reluctant to shell out cash for commercials during the broadcast. This is good news to me, as it gives me fewer products to boycott this holiday season.
Of course, there is always the possibilty Fox 10 will show the special anyway. It is still posted on their HD schedule for next week. Too bad Comcast does not have an HD channel for Fox on its lineup.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
The O.J. Simpson confession
Evidently, O.J. Simpson has been neglected.
A decade after he ‘allegedly’ murdered his ex-wife and her friend, the former Heisman Trophy winner is set to release a book his publisher calls “his confession.” He will also have a special on Fox.
In Simpson’s new book, “If I did it,“ he details the night of June 13, 1994, how he would have killed two innocent people and gotten away with it. He is going to tell the world how he would have murder Nicole Brown Simpson, the mother of his children, and her friend, Ron Goldman, “if he had been there.”
Except he still says he is innocent.
Despite being found libel in a civil suit and making no effort to keep a promise to find the “real killer,” Simpson spends most of his time on a golf course in Florida, sleeping with bimbos and mocking Ron Goldman. Instead of trying to clear his name, he lives a life of affluence from his NFL pension because the Goldmans cannot touch it.
Evidently, a life out of the spotlight is not good enough.
With the tabloids no longer knocking down his door, Simpson is lonely. There is no other logical explanation as to why someone who avoided life in prison would force himself back into the limelight with a non-confession. Oh, wait, there is. Fox is willing to fork over some cash and he begins seeing dollar signs.
I wonder how much the Brown and Goldman families will get. If they get a dime, I bet they won’t get the $33.3 million they were awarded in the civil case.
The timing could not be better, either.
Just in time for November sweeps, Fox will allow this jerk to insult the intelligence of television viewers around the world. I knew Fox produced some great comedy but they should really stick to “Family Guy” and “The Simpsons”
With the holiday season coming, instead of allowing two families to move on with their lives, they now have to relive a nightmare they will never fully get over.
Denise Brown, sister of the slain Simpson’s lashed out at publisher Judith Regan, and said "It's unfortunate that Simpson has decided to awaken a nightmare that we have painfully endured and worked so hard to move beyond."
I could not agree more.
If this were a true moment of regret and Simpson wanted to clear his conscious, I would be a lot less appalled. As it is, this is just a cheap, heartless ploy to make a buck from a society that is too obsessed with sensationalism.
I did enjoy the statement Fox released about the special. It stated, “Over 10 years after he was tried for two murders in the “Trial of the Century” that captured the attention of the world, O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have committed the murders if he were the one responsible for the crimes.”
It then goes on to add “In the two-part event, Simpson describes how he would have carried out the murders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade.”
For someone who is so adamant about his innocence, he has sure put a lot of thought into what “the real killer” did wrong.
Fox, why not go ahead and give him a job as a consultant on “Prison Break” while you are at it. After all, if he can write a “fictitious” murder so well, surely it could only help add realism to a show that should have had a shelf life of only one season.
I cannot totally blame Fox for this, though. After all, they are a business in a consumer-driven economy and they are only selling what people will buy. The same people who tune in by the millions to watch white trash beat each other up on Jerry Springer and drool over the murder of the week will be all over this.
Nor can I really blame Regan Books. They are in the publishing business to make money and they know there are plenty out there who will eat this up. After all, if “Mien Komp” is in print after more than half a century, surely Simpson’s idiocy will find a place in bookstores across the country.
If America has any morals, then we will boycott this book and the television special accompanying it, as well as any company that buys advertisement.
Unfortunately, though, I have a feeling many a stocking will be stuffed with this garbage come Christmas morning.
A decade after he ‘allegedly’ murdered his ex-wife and her friend, the former Heisman Trophy winner is set to release a book his publisher calls “his confession.” He will also have a special on Fox.
In Simpson’s new book, “If I did it,“ he details the night of June 13, 1994, how he would have killed two innocent people and gotten away with it. He is going to tell the world how he would have murder Nicole Brown Simpson, the mother of his children, and her friend, Ron Goldman, “if he had been there.”
Except he still says he is innocent.
Despite being found libel in a civil suit and making no effort to keep a promise to find the “real killer,” Simpson spends most of his time on a golf course in Florida, sleeping with bimbos and mocking Ron Goldman. Instead of trying to clear his name, he lives a life of affluence from his NFL pension because the Goldmans cannot touch it.
Evidently, a life out of the spotlight is not good enough.
With the tabloids no longer knocking down his door, Simpson is lonely. There is no other logical explanation as to why someone who avoided life in prison would force himself back into the limelight with a non-confession. Oh, wait, there is. Fox is willing to fork over some cash and he begins seeing dollar signs.
I wonder how much the Brown and Goldman families will get. If they get a dime, I bet they won’t get the $33.3 million they were awarded in the civil case.
The timing could not be better, either.
Just in time for November sweeps, Fox will allow this jerk to insult the intelligence of television viewers around the world. I knew Fox produced some great comedy but they should really stick to “Family Guy” and “The Simpsons”
With the holiday season coming, instead of allowing two families to move on with their lives, they now have to relive a nightmare they will never fully get over.
Denise Brown, sister of the slain Simpson’s lashed out at publisher Judith Regan, and said "It's unfortunate that Simpson has decided to awaken a nightmare that we have painfully endured and worked so hard to move beyond."
I could not agree more.
If this were a true moment of regret and Simpson wanted to clear his conscious, I would be a lot less appalled. As it is, this is just a cheap, heartless ploy to make a buck from a society that is too obsessed with sensationalism.
I did enjoy the statement Fox released about the special. It stated, “Over 10 years after he was tried for two murders in the “Trial of the Century” that captured the attention of the world, O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have committed the murders if he were the one responsible for the crimes.”
It then goes on to add “In the two-part event, Simpson describes how he would have carried out the murders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade.”
For someone who is so adamant about his innocence, he has sure put a lot of thought into what “the real killer” did wrong.
Fox, why not go ahead and give him a job as a consultant on “Prison Break” while you are at it. After all, if he can write a “fictitious” murder so well, surely it could only help add realism to a show that should have had a shelf life of only one season.
I cannot totally blame Fox for this, though. After all, they are a business in a consumer-driven economy and they are only selling what people will buy. The same people who tune in by the millions to watch white trash beat each other up on Jerry Springer and drool over the murder of the week will be all over this.
Nor can I really blame Regan Books. They are in the publishing business to make money and they know there are plenty out there who will eat this up. After all, if “Mien Komp” is in print after more than half a century, surely Simpson’s idiocy will find a place in bookstores across the country.
If America has any morals, then we will boycott this book and the television special accompanying it, as well as any company that buys advertisement.
Unfortunately, though, I have a feeling many a stocking will be stuffed with this garbage come Christmas morning.
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I decided to start a blog as a medium to get my stuff out to the world. Most of my stuff will be found at my university newspaper, The Vanguard but I would like to broaden my audience.
I decided to start a blog as a medium to get my stuff out to the world. Most of my stuff will be found at my university newspaper, The Vanguard but I would like to broaden my audience.
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