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FOX Cuts and Runs on OJ

OJ SimpsonCommon sense and good taste seem to have prevailed: FOX has decided to pull the plug on both its planned OJ Simpson book and television interview special, "O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here's How It Happened."

Good.

News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said today, "I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project. We are sorry for any pain this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown-Simpson."

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61. The Fox Station (incidently, not affitiated with Bill O'Reilly's station by his own public admission) has dishonored itself by making arrangements to air this disgusting interview with O.J. Simpson. They removed it from their line-up because of the back lash of decent people who protested it, but their initial intent to run it is still a black mark against them. A last minute pullout does not clean their image; they just exercised good business sense in the end. Their hearts are still what they are.......compromised, and without ethics!

Posted at 4:32PM on Nov 20th 2006 by Carole

62. Thank God, that the Goldman's and the Brown's don't have to listen to his bullshit the same bullshit they listened to at the trial........its hard enough to lose a child let alone in the way they lost Nicole and Ron, I am sure they relive that nightmare over and over again. Mr. OJ can find another way to make money to live his high lifestyle on the graves of those two people he killed.

Posted at 4:47PM on Nov 20th 2006 by Judy

63. I was one of many who asked Fox to reconsider giving this psychopathic murderer the attention he so desperately craves & thank God they have come to their senses! Shakeem, get real!! It is due to racism that this lunatic was found not guilty and is running around free right now instead of jailed for life!! OJ had no use for the black community until he got himself into this mess, and inflamed them to get out of it !!!

Posted at 4:53PM on Nov 20th 2006 by Marianne

64. WHY IS IT THAT SOME BLACKS THINK OJ BEING PROTRAYED IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT IS "RACIST"?

I'm black, and to be honest...some of my "brothas and sistas" make me sick.

Let me give it to you straight: this is a celebrity tabloid website. That means, that REGARDLESS of what race you are...you can and will be subject to negative comments and press.

White celebrities get negative press all the time (Britney, Paris, Lindsay...the list goes on and on).

Black celebs get negative press, and certain black people feel the need to come to this board and claim "racism".

This just feeds into the stereotype that we as black people have nothing better to do than cry "racism" 24/7.

Posted at 4:33PM on Nov 20th 2006 by Chad

65. He was found innocent. Thats true, but lets do a poll as to how many actually think that he had nothing to do with it. Thats beside the point, but I would agree with all of the applauding. I agree with "Coastal". It wouldn't matter if he was white, latino, black, etc, people would view him the same. The book shows that he is crazy. Why would he want to write a book about his role in "a murder he didn't have anything to do with". Like its a joke to him. Thats sick.

Posted at 9:05AM on Nov 22nd 2006 by Delta

66. Bravo! I don't want to see his murderous face ever again! This travesty would have been the lowest of lows ... that trash bag has no feelings for anyone (his poor kids!) except himself!

Posted at 5:09PM on Nov 20th 2006 by howard green

67. 美國人是傻的人民。 不要恨黑人,我們不是所有壞的。

Posted at 4:44PM on Nov 20th 2006 by minglee

68. Why are people commending Rupert Murdoch for "making the right decision"? What?!!! He made a horrible decision to greenlight the projects in the first place! He's simply backpeddling amidst public pressure, and more importantly to him, threat of lost $$. Commendations would have been in order if , upon hearing the concept pitch internally, he had immediately rejected it and fired the misguided minions who proposed it. Come on folks, let's have some higher standards for our public praise.

Posted at 4:49PM on Nov 20th 2006 by Althea

69. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
O.J. shouldn't be allowed to profit from anything related to the murders. I think he is the murderer and in jail, he's just not behind bars. I just wish he'd just go away forever. I do believe he craves some of the limelight and adoration that he was used to getting years earlier. No murderer should be able to profit from his crime.

Posted at 5:19PM on Nov 20th 2006 by willie

70. Thank God it's over. Hats off to Murdock for making this awful thing stop. Whether O.J. is guilty or innocent it sickens me that any book or TV show would seriously discuss "If I killed someone this is how I would do it". Is there any new low that our society can stoop to? Sadly, someone will probably find a way.

Posted at 4:50PM on Nov 20th 2006 by David Woods

71. OJ Simpson SUCKS big hairy BALLS!!

Posted at 4:54PM on Nov 20th 2006 by Patsy

72. OJ SIMPSON SUCKS big hairy BALLS!

Posted at 4:55PM on Nov 20th 2006 by Patsy

73. O.J. still got paid and for what his publisher said...she paid a third party (Cayman Island, anyone guess) for the money to go to his children. I.E. O.J couldn't give his children any money so this was a way for him to con it out of the greedy media....I still thie NEWSCorp is going to release it out of the country to make back it's money.

These guy have no honor and that what happen when a few people monopolized the media. All media is being control by 3 people and it's a shame that we let it happen.

Posted at 5:32PM on Nov 20th 2006 by Britney ain\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t all that!

74. Good. No Money For You OJ!!!!

And the a**holes out there defending this stupid waste of human life, WAKE UP!!!
Just because the jury found him innocent, he still lost the civil trial. HE IS GUILTY!! TIME TO GROW UP!

Posted at 4:56PM on Nov 20th 2006 by Danielle

75. Damn, I wanted to hear what OJ had to say about her gold digging ass. What happened to everyone on here(TMZ) supporting Richard's freedom of speech, hell don't OJ have the same right???? Phuck these double standards, he should've been able to speak about whatever the phuck he wanted too, I mean Michael R. did, whatever!!!

Posted at 4:57PM on Nov 20th 2006 by A Black Person

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