O.J. Won’t Get to Do It

Posted on November 20, 2006 in Celebrity Publishing Scoundrels

Everyone is pulling out on OJ: his publishers have cancelled the book “If I Did It” and Fox News will not be presenting its special two hour interview. The ululation of public sentiment against the project led Rupert Murdoch to announce that his company would not follow through on their morbid publishing gambit:

“I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project,” Mr. Murdoch said in a statement. “We are sorry for any pain this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown-Simpson.”…

The project was met with a hail of criticism, especially as it revived memories of a crime that set off a searing national debate on race, crime and whether the rich get away with murder. A dozen Fox affiliates have already said they would not broadcast the two-part program, which had been scheduled during sweeps month on Nov. 27 and 29 just before publication of the book….

Today, after the announcement that it would not be published, the book dropped to 46 on the Amazon list, and some readers reacted gleefully.

“Decency wins out over greed,” wrote one.