The Media Reacts to the O.J. Simpson Debacle

[Logan13]

The Media Reacts to the O.J. Simpson Debacle
O'Reilly Factor
Talking Points by Bill O'Reilly
Nov.18, 2006
The so-called "elite media" is tiptoe-ing around the fact that Simpson's being paid millions to exploit the murders of his ex-wife and Ronald Goldman, murders he probably committed.

The New York Times covered the story in its business section. The CBS Evening News didn't even mention it for the first two days. But the tabloid press and cable news are fully engaged.

The far left loons are also out in force as their Internet masters urge them to tie the FOX News Channel in with the Simpson situation. I've received scores of letters like this one from Fred in Indianapolis: "Mr. O'Reilly, you are a man of principle. Since FOX News is sponsoring the Simpson program, will you sever your ties with FOX News?"

Obviously Fred is a bit slow. FOX News has nothing to do with the Simpson situation. And Fred doesn't believe I am a man of principle either. He's a Kool-Aid zombie doing the bidding of far left fanatics who will do anything to disparage me and FNC.

On the mainstream front, a few papers have reported that I've hammered FOX Broadcasting for the debacle, but there's usually an edge to what they say. A writer for USA Today called me a "moralist." This is a classic SP tactic calling anyone who makes judgments a "moralist", setting them up for the
As USA Today well knows, this is a culture war issue, not a private behavior situation. Simpson is a despicable human being.

That's not the issue here.The question is, how will Americans handle the exploitation of two murdered human beings?

That elevates the Simpson deal into an important culture war territory, but makes the far left press nervous. If Americans begin to make judgments about media behavior, the SPs are in big trouble, for it is that side which accepts and sometimes promotes destructive entertainment like gangster rap and Internet garbage aimed at children.

Remember, the SP mantra is "no judgments on behavior." And that includes kids. So the anti-Simpson movement ironically, ironically, is being driven by the tabloid press and traditional commentators like me. The mainstream media? Well, they're watching from afar, hoping the judgmental aspect of this situation doesn't blow back on them.

And that's "The Memo."

[Air Walker]

Good that FOX pulled the plug on OJ Simpson's "If I Did It" book and special. However, I believe that News Corp should be held responsible in the public eye for this. This was absurd that they getting OJ to do this book "if he did it". Can't we have any respect for the dead, especially the mother of your two children? Freakin' absurd. 10 years later, too, and no killer has been found. Yeah, OJ is not guilty... whatever. He was found liable by a civil trial with the SAME EVIDENCE... Then again, thousands of innocent blacks have been improperly jailed throughout the country for obvious racism, so maybe OJ's getting off is a way to show up a biased system?

[Phreak101]

Good that FOX pulled the plug on OJ Simpson's "If I Did It" book and special. However, I believe that News Corp should be held responsible in the public eye for this. This was absurd that they getting OJ to do this book "if he did it". Can't we have any respect for the dead, especially the mother of your two children? Freakin' absurd. 10 years later, too, and no killer has been found. Yeah, OJ is not guilty... whatever. He was found liable by a civil trial with the SAME EVIDENCE... Then again, thousands of innocent blacks have been improperly jailed throughout the country for obvious racism, so maybe OJ's getting off is a way to show up a biased system?

OJ getting off is an example of how money can buy justice in this country. I don't believe race was an issue (until Johnny Cochran made it one with Mark Fuhrman's comments).