Have you heard about the cancellation of OJ'S book and tv appearances?? YAAYYY?
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NEW YORK - After a firestorm of criticism, News. Corp. said Monday that it
has canceled the O.J. Simpson book and TV special "If I Did It."
"I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an
ill-considered project," said Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. chairman. "We are
sorry for any pain that this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and
Nicole Brown Simpson."
A dozen Fox affiliates had already said they would not air the two-part
sweeps month special, planned for next week before the Nov. 30 publication
of the book by ReganBooks. The publishing house is a HarperCollins imprint
owned - like the Fox network - by News Corp.
In both the book and show, Simpson speaks in hypothetical terms about how he
would have committed the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend
Goldman.
Relatives of the victims have lashed out at the now scuttled publication and
broadcast plans.
"He destroyed my son and took from my family Ron's future and life. And for
that I'll hate him always and find him despicable," Fred Goldman told ABC
last week.
The industry trade publication Broadcasting & Cable editorialized against
the show Monday, saying "Fox should cancel this evil sweeps stunt."
One of the nation's largest superstore chains, Borders Group Inc., said last
week it would donate any profits on the book to charity.
Simpson was acquitted in 1995 of murder in a case that became its own TV
drama. The former football star and announcer was later found liable for the
deaths in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Goldman family.
Judith Regan, publisher of "If I Did It," said she considered the book to be
Simpson's confession.
The television special was to air on two of the final three nights of the
November sweeps, when ratings are watched closely to set local advertising
rates. It has been a particularly tough fall for Fox, which has seen none of
its new shows catch on and is waiting for the January bows of "American
Idol" and "24."
The closest precedent for such an about-face came when CBS yanked a
miniseries about Ronald Reagan from its schedule in 2003 when complaints
were raised about its accuracy. The Reagan series was seen on its sister
premium-cable channel, Showtime, instead.
One station manager who had said he wasn't airing the special said he was
concerned that whether or not Simpson was guilty, he'd still be profiting
from murders.
"I have my own moral compass and this was easy," said Bill Lamb, general
manager of WDRB in Louisville.
For the publishing industry, the cancellation of "If I Did It" was an
astonishing end to a story like no other. Numerous books have been withdrawn
over the years because of possible plagiarism, most recently Kaavya
Viswanathan's "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life," but a
book's removal simply for objectionable content is virtually unheard of.
Sales had been strong, but not sensational. "If I Did It" cracked the top 20
of Amazon.com last weekend, but by Monday afternoon, at the time its
cancellation had been announced, the book had fallen to No. 51.
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This is a crazy place to post this, but YAYYYYYYY!! I agree with the other answers. What in the WORLD were they thinking when they came up with this idea for a book and show? How INSANE are they?
Yes. I am so glad it has been cancelled. How could they think this would be a good idea?
He's just been tried in the "People's Court ( us) we have spoken out loud & they actually heard us & trembled ------- THANKS TO EVERYONE ! Fox has with drawn their offer to let show air..oj is an idiot,no i wont used upper case for his name,its not a typeo!!
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