You gotta have faith!
In followup to yesterday's story...
My faith in America has been largely restored. AP just reported that Fox has cancelled its planned airing of a TV special based on O.J. Simpson's book, If I Did It.
It's not entirely clear from this article whether the book, too, has been cancelled. The book's publisher, ReganBooks, is an imprint of Harper Collins, and Harper Collins is owned by Rupert Murdoch's media giant, News Corp. As is Fox.
Also in the article it is reported that Borders, a major American bookstore chain, will donate any profits on the book's sale to charity. Have some balls, Borders, and declare your refusal to place this piece of trash in your stores altogether. I'd be willing to bet other bookstores would follow, and you'd be able to bask in the P.R. glow of being the first to take such a brave and noble step.
So why did News Corp. decide to pull the show? Because many of its Fox affiliates said they would not air it. Bill Lamb, general manager of Fox affiliate WDRB in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the station managers who took a stand. He said he "was concerned that whether or not Simpson was guilty, he'd still be profiting from murders."
Bravo, Bill Lamb. You have nearly single handedly restored my faith in America.
Update:
Check this out on Amazon.com. The book has indeed been cancelled.
God bless America!
Still, I wonder about something...
My faith in America has been largely restored. AP just reported that Fox has cancelled its planned airing of a TV special based on O.J. Simpson's book, If I Did It.
It's not entirely clear from this article whether the book, too, has been cancelled. The book's publisher, ReganBooks, is an imprint of Harper Collins, and Harper Collins is owned by Rupert Murdoch's media giant, News Corp. As is Fox.
Also in the article it is reported that Borders, a major American bookstore chain, will donate any profits on the book's sale to charity. Have some balls, Borders, and declare your refusal to place this piece of trash in your stores altogether. I'd be willing to bet other bookstores would follow, and you'd be able to bask in the P.R. glow of being the first to take such a brave and noble step.
So why did News Corp. decide to pull the show? Because many of its Fox affiliates said they would not air it. Bill Lamb, general manager of Fox affiliate WDRB in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the station managers who took a stand. He said he "was concerned that whether or not Simpson was guilty, he'd still be profiting from murders."
Bravo, Bill Lamb. You have nearly single handedly restored my faith in America.
Update:
Check this out on Amazon.com. The book has indeed been cancelled.
God bless America!
Still, I wonder about something...
2 Comments:
Brilliant. Simply bloody brilliant. Apparently some people made the bozo's see sense! Excellent.
"HarperCollins has stated that all copies of the book will be destroyed." And they're being pulled off eBay too! Hoo-ray!
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