Here's something nobody was waiting for.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14 — O. J. Simpson, who was acquitted 11 years ago in the 1994 death of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald L. Goldman has written a book and will appear on television telling “how he would have committed the murders if he were the one responsible,” his publisher and the Fox television network said on Tuesday.

Judith Regan, whose publishing imprint ReganBooks will release Mr. Simpson’s book Nov. 30, also conducted the television interviews, which will be broadcast on Fox in two one-hour segments on Nov. 27 and Nov. 29. Both ReganBooks and Fox are owned by the News Corporation.

According to a news release, the book and the TV special, which has a working title of “O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened,” will depict Mr. Simpson describing “how he would have carried out the murders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade.” link

Nothing O.J. Simpson does surprises me anymore. After you've been accused of and (possibly) gotten away with butchering two people, it's hard to be shocked by the actions of a washed-up jock.

But what about his enablers?

Even in a pop culture as frequently tasteless and crass as this, Judith Regan and Fox are plumbing new lows. The only thing I wonder now is will there be "reenactments" of the murders of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman.

The Question for debate:

What are your thoughts about O.J. Simpson writing a book about how he "might" have committed the murders he was found "not guilty" of?

Should Regan Books and Fox television be embarrassed by presenting Simpson's story as entertainment or is there some legitimate value to this?

I voted not only no, but HELL no in the poll.

What are your thoughts about O.J. Simpson writing a book about how he "might" have committed the murders he was found "not guilty" of?

My jaw almost dropped to the floor when I read this topic. What unmitigated gall! The guy must have cojones the size of grapefruit. What an arrogant, insensitive, despicable thing to do. “Might have committed”, my Aunt Fanny. So it’s OK to BRAG about committing murder, as long as you couch it in ambiguous theoretical language? Good lord, how low can one man go? I wouldn’t buy this cretin’s book under any circumstances. What a scumbag.

Should Regan Books and Fox television be embarrassed by presenting Simpson's story as entertainment …
Not only yes, but HELL yes!

…or is there some legitimate value to this?

Absolutely, positively not one iota! None, nada, zip, zero, nichts, niente..........

You consider this tasteless and crass? I don't. It is par for the course. Bread and circuses antics are trademarks of american entertainment. This is nothing more than a return to one of the most lucrative times in tv news history. The point is to rekindle the emotions of stay at home moms who love to watch sensationalist stuff between soaps. It really is a shame there is no pedaephilia in OJ's story, the suject is very popular on the christian right over 40 demographic. They love to hate it and recognizing this contradiction is the key to making the sale.

What are your thoughts about O.J. Simpson writing a book about how he "might" have committed the murders he was found "not guilty" of?

No sane man would want to draw attention onto the most dire time in his life unless he felt there was something to gain from it. Part of hyping his new book involves returning to the spotlight. The idea of placing himself in the shoes of the assailant allows OJ to be both good guy and bad guy at the same time. This is a charlatan grab most likely perpetrated by his publicist.

Should Regan Books and Fox television be embarrassed by presenting Simpson's story as entertainment or is there some legitimate value to this?

Embarrassing in relation to what? Fleshing unresolved threads is nothing new to american media. Glenn Beck makes a career out of it and his material is every bit as trite as this is. Robert Stack made career of it. The cult of Nostradamus constantly plays upon the antagonist view and by profiling them new exciting insights are just around the corner. Act now while supplies last!

I hate to break this to you NT but tabloids are exerting more influence upon news than they did 20 years ago.

What are your thoughts about O.J. Simpson writing a book about how he "might" have committed the murders he was found "not guilty" of?

I think it's tasteless.

Should Regan Books and Fox television be embarrassed by presenting Simpson's story as entertainment or is there some legitimate value to this?

It's garbage, but it's garbage that people will want to see. I only hope that the Goldman family garnishes the profits.

What are your thoughts about O.J. Simpson writing a book about how he "might" have committed the murders he was found "not guilty" of?

I voted that I didn't care one way or the other.

There could be some parody in all of this. Police do sometimes use "what ifs" to get confessions. I just finished John Grisham's latest book - the non-fiction The Innocent Man. Ada, Oklahoma police used a similar tactic - dream confessions - to railroad two men -one to an underground death row, the other to life in prison. Eleven years later, they were exonerated through DNA evidence.

I'm not saying OJ is innocent, but I'm not totally sure the interview/book is a confession.

As an aside, Texas has it's own parallel story - T. Cullen Davis.

http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murd...avis/index.html

An excellent book on the Davis case is Gary Cartwright's Blood Will Tell.

OJ Simpson got off by some very clever lawyering. At the time, even I had enough doubts to announce that I could not have found him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

What are your thoughts about O.J. Simpson writing a book about how he "might" have committed the murders he was found "not guilty" of?

Yawn.

Should Regan Books and Fox television be embarrassed by presenting Simpson's story as entertainment or is there some legitimate value to this?

Tabloids will always make money. Who cares who it is? No there is nothing legitimate about this. OJ is likely out of money, although the Brown/Goldman settlement would probably take any profits from this.

1. I'm old enough to remember the Doonesbury cartoon where one character is talking about Richard Nixon and his involvement in Watergate and yelling, GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!. Simpson is human garbage and I think he got away with murder thanks to the best legal defense money could buy, an incompetent judge and a bungling prosecution.

One can only hope that Ron Goldman's father will be standing by with a regiment of lawyers ready to take every dirty dollar O.J. makes from pimping himself. He's been such a media slut since the verdict and sold everything he had to earn a buck that it comes as no surprise that he's now reduced to whoring himself.

2. There is no entertainment value to this farce. If Simpson is playing the part of a cheap hooker, Judith Regan and Fox television are his sleazy pimps.

Anyone involved in this absurd buffoonery should be sitting in a dunk tank with hungry great white sharks. Now there's an idea for a reality show that would pull a large audience share.

What are your thoughts about O.J. Simpson writing a book about how he "might" have committed the murders he was found "not guilty" of?

I thought he was a murderer before. Nothing he has said or done since his acquittal would indicate that he did not do it, nor did he ever even pretend to "look for the real killer" the way he pledged he would when he got off.

He's obviously strapped for cash and attention. Too bad.

Should Regan Books and Fox television be embarrassed by presenting Simpson's story as entertainment or is there some legitimate value to this?

They are absolutely shameless in their pursuit of the entertainment buck at the expense of Nicole Simpson's and Ron Goldman's families. I join with nighttimer in hoping that somehow the families can get the profits from such a sleazy endeavor.

There is no legitimate value to this. I hope Regan Books and Fox Television both take a loss on this venture.

I seem to be the only person on the planet with no opinion at all as to his guilt or innocence. With that in mind, I must accept the decision of the court as final. (This is not to suggest that courts are perfect, by any means.)

Assuming Simpson is completely innocent, this is still a grotesque idea. Yes, all involved should be embarassed. They'll be hiding their heads in shame, all the way to the bank.

I predict that this thing will be a bestseller. It seems to be human nature to be atracted to stuff which is "edgy" and "shocking" and "in your face," at least to some extent. All studies show that negative campaign ads work brilliantly; why shouldn't a large percentage of Americans be glued to their TV sets when this special is broadcast?

What are your thoughts about O.J. Simpson writing a book about how he "might" have committed the murders he was found "not guilty" of?

I have to wonder if he is going to do any book signing? Clearly this is in poor taste, in addition to a host of things I can't post on this websight without violating the rules.

Should Regan Books and Fox television be embarrassed by presenting Simpson's story as entertainment or is there some legitimate value to this?

I certainly hope Victoria is wrong about this being a best-seller. I hope that our standards aren't this low. That would indicate we are too stupid to be a democracy (representative republic for those who like to argue). If so, look forward to lots more of these style "chicken soup books for the soul" from famous acquitted criminals. Heck, it could be its own fetish industry..."If I liked fondling children, here is how I'd do it"...ect.

Nice.

What are your thoughts about O.J. Simpson writing a book about how he "might" have committed the murders he was found "not guilty" of?

Ha. Haha. Hahaha. Bwahhhhahahahaha!

Usually nonfiction fantasy is used tongue-in-cheek. Holy literary FUBAR Batguy, OJ actually did it! The nonfiction fantasy that is, not that he did the killing or anything, just that he has this need to tell the story that never happened.

I'm not so sure this thing will fly. Are people actually that cavalier with their money? Do you suppose someone will give this book as a gift?

There's a high degree of ugh factor here.

Should Regan Books and Fox television be embarrassed by presenting Simpson's story as entertainment or is there some legitimate value to this?

There might be some kind of historical value in publishing this work. It might have psychological value, the words of a genuine psychopathic killer. The book might even sell enough to meet publishing costs, but I doubt it.

I wonder how much OJ's royalty advance was. I think the publisher has been taken for a ride, being as royalty advances can't be reclaimed if books don't sell as anticipated. Embrassment is built into this deal, as in, "What were we thinking?"

No, poor taste would be signing in blood. Which is why I wouldn't be surprised if that happened as well, or at least red ink. Can you say 'publicity stunt'? I thought you could.....



How does that quote go...."No one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public?". I mean, people bought pet rocks, for chriminy sakes. So, yes, I expect people will indeed buy this book. I don't plan on being one of them...I'm sure I'll hear far more than I care to about it anyway.

Should Regan Books and Fox television be embarrassed by presenting Simpson's story as entertainment or is there some legitimate value to this?

There's all kinds of stuff people should be embarrassed to put on television, and lots of it gets the highest ratings. Jerry Springer comes to mind. So, no, they shouldn't be embarrassed to show it. The question is whether or not somebody should be embarrassed they watched it.

The Question for debate:

What are your thoughts about O.J. Simpson writing a book about how he "might" have committed the murders he was found "not guilty" of?
We all knew the man was guilty as hell and this just adds fule to an old fire.

Should Regan Books and Fox television be embarrassed by presenting Simpson's story as entertainment or is there some legitimate value to this?
Yes. This will not help any of the victims and will only allow the killer to get paid for murder!

It's rumored that there was a 3 million dollar advance that OJ's lawyers were able to conveniently make to were the Goldman's could not get to.

Crikey! Hate this when crime pays. Makes me wonder what kind of fool I've been along the way, why sleazeballs seem to get all the golden breaks, and then I think of others who have been caught and put in the hard time or take a ride on the train to hell.

There's the ugh factor and now the crikey factor.

Hmmmm... I'm envisioning two more best sellers. "This is how O.J. would have died if somebody had thought of it"....and "This is how you would take care of sleazeball lawyers, if you had a mind to". Need some co-authors, though. In fact, I'll bet we can get those same lawyers to draw up the contract.

Sign outside a cemetery that caters exclusively to lawyers: "Because deep down, they're good people."

(present company excluded, of course! )

Gee, OJ Simpson has done something grossly offensive resulting in widespread public anger...Hands up if you're surprised...anybody?

I think he is among the most sociopathic human beings on the planet today. He truly does not care about anything but himself, not his kids, not his wife [even if he DIDN'T killer, who the hell would write a book about it?] or her family, or anyone...OJ is self-absorbed to the point of obsession, and this book is just an extension of his self-love.

People without shame cannot be embarrassed, by definition.

CP

What are your thoughts about O.J. Simpson writing a book about how he "might" have committed the murders he was found "not guilty" of?

I feel several things, all at once:

1. Fleeting regret that the largely useful double jeopardy laws not only protect the innocent from state persecution, but also protect the obviously guilty if they've got enough money and chutzpah to get found not guilty at their trial

2. Vague nausea

3. A glimmer of schadenfreude and a big dollop of relief that such things (as yet) only seem to happen in America.

4. Sad for his poor dead wife - if I believed in an afterlife I'd have to think that everything this man has done since her deaths, even in the increasingly unlikely case that he was not personally responsible for it, has done nothing but give her more pain.

5. A forlorn hope that some sort of karmic justice might do what the criminal justice system proved istelf incapable of doing.

6. Grim despair that no such karmic justice is likely.

Should Regan Books and Fox television be embarrassed by presenting Simpson's story as entertainment or is there some legitimate value to this?

Perhaps not - it's what they are paid to do. Rupert Murdoch and the senior management of News Corporation on the other hand, who not only own Fox but many of the tabloid newspapers around the world that turned Simpson from a sad but dangerous figure into a culturally iconic boogie-man, should be hurt in the only way the would possibly understand - their entire business operation should be forcibly nationalised without compensation. Let the arch priests of state-bad-private-good-(especially-if-the-private-in-question-is-us) stand by and watch their precious operations be run by governments and the profits ploughed into public works.

I'd subscribe to Sky, Fox News, Star Asia and the Sun for life the minute such a thing were ever announced.

Sadly, being hit on the head by a condensed bolt of solidified violet fluhurg ray from the crystal vapour projector in the middle hand of a Vice-Gruntfuttock of the Intergalactic Imperial Shocktroops of His (or Her) Impenetrable Marvelosity High Emperor Gargufangle of Springletorn III is going to happen first. As is any kind of justice for O J Simpson.

If Andy Warhol was still alive he'd have a picnic with this! A clear demonstration of Americana at its worst. OJ is obviously taking avantage of 'double jeopardy' and pushing the limits to an extreme never seen before, its definately ballsey as well as totally unscrupulous. But hey, someone HAD to do it, right?
There seems to be a true case of O.J. being,(if not a murderer, hmmn), a serious socio/psychopath.




Well, guess that could include a number of people we know in and outside of public life.
However the biggest part of socio-psychopathy is the inability to feel others pain, and actually 'get off on it', and that is clearly the case here.
O.J. may have been aquitted by a court of law, but as is the case with many a serial killer, is just not willing to let the issue drop. He needs in a pathological way to be 'accredited' with the murders.

OJ is a seriously demented person/personality, obvious. I dont think this is economically driven as after aquittal he could have gone many roads claiming total innocence and having true concern for his family. Like perhaps written a book about "How he didnt do it."

As far as the rest, its sick, but it is "America"! We are enthusiastically becoming more sensationalist, and FOX, well, it just makes me laugh in a sick an twisted way. Aint THAT the moral majority at its finest.

ps. Here in Taos we have a cafe/video rental place that burned all Fox videos this weekend in protest, deciding not to profit nor give profit to Fox for supporting this abomination, and challenged Matt Groenig of The Simpsons, the producers of 'Family Guy" and Keifer Sutherland (has a show on Fox?) to speak OUT.

Update

It seems the heat was too strong and Fox has cancelled the TV show and book.

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=242559&GT1=7703

Hurray! This honestly renews my faith in humanity. And this country. Things aren't so bad after all.

See, you international scoffers? We aren't as stupid as we look, or sound....or our academic tests might indicate.

Translation: "My management team has determined that the backlash from this will likely cost us money. We are sorry for the loss of potential revenue this entails."

Yep, pretty much.

I am glad to see that the voice of the people is still heard...or is that the voice of advertisers? Eh, no matter; at least this garbage won't be aired.

OJ was not guilty?

I remember the "students" at Howard University cheering wildly and conducting a mass celebration when the "not guilty" verdicts were read.

Why should Regan and Fox be embarrassed by ANYTHING related to this case after this?

Have the "students" at Howard apologized for cheering wildly when a double murderer got off scot free?

Have the "protesters" in LA apologized for celebrating and then NOT burning down that city?

I think that Fox and Regan are way in the back of the line when it comes to being embarrassed.

The ignorant and racist jury who acquitted Simpson should be first in line. Then the so-called students at places like Howard University.

At least Fox had the dignity to finally pull the plug. The dignity from the others is still a decade overdue.

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What are your thoughts about O.J. Simpson writing a book about how he "might" have committed the murders he was found "not guilty" of? A sociopath doing his duty! The fact that OJ would even come up with this scenario says a lot about him and his "innocence".

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It's par for the course nowadays. The sleazier, the better! There are folks out there who would watch this stuff!

Well actually is was about 3 dozen students in a coffie shop on Howard campus who cheered the verdict, but lets not let fact get in the war of exaggeration.



Really? But in thread after thread you have been mintaining that there IS no rcism in the United States, thats its all just blacks acting badly and showing up for interviews in dreads, low-riders and gang colours.

In fact, the jury aquitted because the then-completely new science of DNA was not understood or properly explained, and without the DNA evidence the case was shaky. Combined with an excellent defence attourny... Don't get me wrong, the verdict was a travesty, but calling the Jury 'racist', especially considering your long commentary on the perfectly fine (in your opinion) state of race relations in the US is a little questionable.

Is it a gift or a curse lordhelmet the way you can take virtually anything and turn it into a race-baiting, vomit-inducing rant?

YES, O.J. Simpson was found "not guilty." That is different from finding him "innocent." Some higher power will deliver that judgment.

If you can't figure out why Judith Regan and Fox Television shouldn't be embarrassed as hell, let me clue you in. They were willing to pay Simpson what he himself has described as "blood money" to tell a hypothetical story about how he might have killed two people including the mother of his two children. That is sick.

But Simpson didn't go to some fly-by-night publisher. He went to Judith Regan who has proudly published such literary classics as How To Make Love Like A Porn Star by the extremely skanky Jenna Jameson. Both Simpson and Jameson were represented by Regan and HarperCollins---a book imprint owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp just as Fox Television and Fox News is.

Dignity? That's a laugh. First, Fox and Murdoch wallowed in the mud like pigs with Simpson and then when the public outcry became too loud they ran like scalded dogs. Pigs to dogs in one big evolutionary jump and the catalyst was taking a whiz on the graves of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Yeah, that's some dignity.

The Simpson saga took another twist Tuesday when his former sister-in-law, Denise Brown, accused News Corp. of trying to buy her family’s silence for millions of dollars.

A News Corp. spokesman confirmed that the company had conversations with representatives of the Brown and Goldman families over the past week and said that they were offered all profits from the book and TV show, but he denied it was hush money.

“There were no strings attached,” News Corp. spokesman Andrew Butcher said.

Denise Brown told NBC’s “Today” show that her family’s response was: “Absolutely not.”

“They wanted to offer us millions of dollars. Millions of dollars for, like, ‘Oh, I’m sorry’ money. But they were still going to air the show,” Brown said. “We just thought, ‘Oh my god.’ What they’re trying to do is trying to keep us quiet, trying to make this like hush money, trying to go around the civil verdict, giving us this money to keep our mouths shut.” blood money?

Looks like Murdoch and Fox Television were all for exploiting the memory of two murder victims before they decided they were against it. Hey Rupe, John Kerry called. He wants his flip-flopping back!

And here you come trolling along trying to yank us all back a decade to express your outrage over the "ignorant and racist" jury that wasn't convinced by Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden's incompetent prosecution, the simple-minded way Judge Lance Ito ran his court and Mark "The Fuhrer" Furhman's naked racism and tainted testimony.

Obviously you have some unresolved anger issues regarding the Simpson trial and a verdict you find even now itching at you like a bad rash. Somebody buy lordhelmet a ice-cream cone.

Since O.J. isn't looking for the killers anymore, maybe YOU can look for proof he is the double murderer you claim he is.

More likely though all you'll do is try to figure out a way you can blame it on Bill Clinton.