Fox Cancels Outrageous O.J Simpson Interview and Book

In the middle of a public scandal whose onset perfectly coincides with the network's announcement, Fox released a statement saying that they have decided to cancel the interview and the promotion of Simpson's book.

Initially, a spokesperson for Fox said: 'O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have committed the murders if he were the one responsible for the crimes. In the two-part event, Simpson describes how he would have carried out the murders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade'.

The idea behind the 'discussion', conducted by Simpson's publisher, was that the former football star would graphically recount how he would have slain his wife and her best friend were he the one responsible for the murders. The one-day interview was then scheduled to air on Fox and all his affiliates all over the country on November 27 and 29, in anticipation of the release date of the book called 'If I Did It, Here's How It Happened' (November 30).

The last thing the management of Fox forgot to take into consideration was that maybe the public was not ready to talk or hear about the atrocious murders, for which Simpson was acquitted in 1995 after a lengthy and heavily mediated trial. One after another, the network's affiliates announced that they plan not to air in the interview, citing as reason for the very blunt refusal the fact that it is not, quote, 'entertainment' and certainly not to the benefit of the public.

On Monday, media magnate Rupert Murdoch, president of News Corporation, also yielded to pressure from all sides (criticism from the public and other media outlets and from inside the network, most of the affiliates having already declined to air it) and pulled the plug on the scandalous show.

'I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project. We are sorry for any pain that his has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.', Murdoch said in a statement. The announcement was applauded by the public and the families of both victims, as it is considered a victory over a man who, by means of the interview, would have done nothing else than to publicly brag about the killings, get away with it and make an estimated $3.5 million for it.

On June 12, 1994 police found the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson (who divorced O.J Simpson in 1992) and Ronald Goldman stabbed to death in Nicole's house, while the children were asleep upstairs. Evidence collected at the crime scene clearly indicated that the football and reality show star might be the killer, but he was acquitted by a grand jury in 1995.