OJ 'confession': now US turns on Murdoch

News that Murdoch organisations have scooped a book and TV deal based on the OJ Simpson case has prompted a US-wide wave of revulsion

Paul Harris in New YorkSunday November 19, 2006The Observer

It must have seemed like a good idea to someone. The man most Americans believe is behind their country's most infamous murder agrees to a virtual confession in a book and TV interview. Surely it would be a ratings and publishing smash.

Not quite so fast. For in reality OJ Simpson has succeeded where millions of angry liberals have always failed: striking a direct blow at the media empire of Rupert Murdoch, and especially its controversial broadcasting arm, headed by Fox television.

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