Originally Posted By TomSawyer Scruples? He had affiliates rebelling over it, and they probably couldn't sell any advertising time.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 He's rarely done so before, so my guess is he figured the negative fallout would outweigh a couple of nights of higher ratings - which I doubt he'd have gotten anyway, given how many people I've heard say they'd refuse to watch.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper At least someone listens to the American people. However, I'll bet it came down to money more than anything else.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan From the Associate Press... >>"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 his 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.<< >>One of the nation's largest superstore chains, Borders Group Inc., said last week it would donate any profits on the book to charity.<< <a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4348986.html" target="_blank">http://www.chron.com/disp/stor y.mpl/ap/fn/4348986.html</a>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>However, I'll bet it came down to money more than anything else.<< Yep. It's pretty tough to sell advertsing when affiliates are bailing on airing this trash.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper There is probably no one happier about this than O'Reilly who was being caught up in this thing even though he really wasn't involved.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo >>Murdoch just pulled the plug on this thing -- it will not air.>> To clarify - the book has been canceled as well. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0061238287/ref=pd_rvi_gw_1/102-0695918-6887308" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0 061238287/ref=pd_rvi_gw_1/102-0695918-6887308</a>
Originally Posted By DlandJB That was my thought. But at least he can't get any more from the book sales.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Apparently any advance money he got was already funneled to the two kids.
Originally Posted By mele Geez, how much can one person scar their children and still retain custody?
Originally Posted By threeundertwo That's what I was thinking. That got a check with a t-shirt that says "my dad decapitated my mom and all I got was this lousy t-shirt and $1.75 million"
Originally Posted By DlandDug Eeew. I find it interesting that the printed books are to be pulped. Imagine what the few copies that have trickled out will be worth in the coming years? Personally, I am interested in the content, but would not have in any way contributed to the financial gain of the authors and publishers.
Originally Posted By alexbook <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/If-I-Did-It-by-O-J-Simpson_W0QQitemZ130049104004QQihZ003QQcategoryZ378QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/If-I-Did-I t-by-O-J-Simpson_W0QQitemZ130049104004QQihZ003QQcategoryZ378QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a>
Originally Posted By threeundertwo ^^^that listing was stopped because the item is no longer available.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo I think it's telling that the little teaser for the show shows him almost in tears and saying "I can't read this any more". Tells me that the ghost writer did it all without input from him. If he had really written it, he would have been less shocked by the content.
Originally Posted By DlandDug It certainly gives the lie to Judith Regan's assertion that getting OJ to write the book was her effort to trick him into a confession. But then, she probably was unaware that the whole thing was ghost written. Sure.
