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11-20-06, 19:53
O.J. Simpson book, TV Special Canceled (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15818960/)
Chairman Rupert Murdoch says project was ‘ill-considered’
Nov. 20: News Corp. has decided to cancel publication of O.J. Simpson's upcoming book and his TV special. MSNBC’s Alison Stewart reports.
NEW YORK - O.J. Simpson’s book and TV special were canceled Monday, an astonishing end to an imaginary confession that had sickened the public as the very worst kind of tabloid sensation.
“I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project,” said Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp. owns both Fox Broadcasting and publisher HarperCollins. “We are sorry for any pain that this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.”
“If I Did It,” in which Simpson was to have described how he would have killed his ex-wife, had been scheduled to air as a two-part interview Nov. 27 and Nov. 29 on Fox. The book was to have followed on Nov. 30.
HarperCollins spokeswoman Erin Crum said some copies had already been shipped to stores but would be recalled, and all copies would be destroyed... To Read More and See Related Video: Click Here (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15818960/)
Good Luck!
Chairman Rupert Murdoch says project was ‘ill-considered’
Nov. 20: News Corp. has decided to cancel publication of O.J. Simpson's upcoming book and his TV special. MSNBC’s Alison Stewart reports.
NEW YORK - O.J. Simpson’s book and TV special were canceled Monday, an astonishing end to an imaginary confession that had sickened the public as the very worst kind of tabloid sensation.
“I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project,” said Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp. owns both Fox Broadcasting and publisher HarperCollins. “We are sorry for any pain that this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.”
“If I Did It,” in which Simpson was to have described how he would have killed his ex-wife, had been scheduled to air as a two-part interview Nov. 27 and Nov. 29 on Fox. The book was to have followed on Nov. 30.
HarperCollins spokeswoman Erin Crum said some copies had already been shipped to stores but would be recalled, and all copies would be destroyed... To Read More and See Related Video: Click Here (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15818960/)
Good Luck!