News Corp cancels OJ’s book, TV deal
Facing a firestorm of criticism, media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has scrapped a new book and TV interview in which OJ Simpson offered a hypothetical account of how he would have killed his ex-wife and her friend.
By Agencies |
LOS ANGELES: Facing a firestorm of criticism, media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has scrapped a new book and TV interview in which OJ Simpson offered a hypothetical account of how he would have killed his ex-wife and her friend.
In a dramatic reversal days after his News Corp announced plans for the book and a Fox television special, Murdoch, the News Corp chairman, said in a statement he decided “this was an ill-considered project” and apologised for any harm caused.
The book, titled ‘If I Did It’ and originally due to go on sale on November 30, was touted as a first-hand account by the former football star picturing himself at the scene of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
Announcement of the book deal and TV special on last Tuesday sparked a torrent of outrage from members of the publishing community, as well as media commentators and relatives of the murder victims, who accused Murdoch’s media empire of seeking to cash in on tragedy.
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