The killer speaks
OJ Simpson is going on Fox News later this month to do a two-part interview where he will speculate on how he hypothetically might have killed his wife and Ron Goldman, although he says he didn't. The interview is timed with the release of his new book, "If I did it...". I would guess that the book is about the obvious.
It's been 12 years since the sensational killing, the Bronco chase, Kato Kaelin and the trial of the century. OJ was acquitted, although he was convicted later in a civil suit for the killings and ordered to pay $33.5 million --which he has not yet done. In the interim, OJ has played golf around the world and hosted the incredibly tasteless show "Juiced", similar to Ashton Kutcher's "Punk'd", where OJ confronts people around the country in odd circumstances, scaring the bejeezus out of them because, well, he's OJ. In one particularly notorious episode, he tries to sell a White Bronco on a car lot, touting its escapability.
Fox has finally crossed the line with this OJ interview. It's disgraceful that this man is all but a self-confessed killer of two and continues to make money from it. Reality programming aside, this is an all-time low, even for Fox, who would probably air expose specials on the day of Armageddon, even as their skin started to burn.
The legal system has spoken. OJ is not guilty of criminal charges. But we all know better, don't we? Culturally we should not allow him to make another penny from the notoriety that he gained as a killer. Watching the Fox special would be like watching Jeffrey Dahmer competing on the Iron Chef.
Posted on November 16, 2006
