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Originally Posted by hatedbythemail
it really is simple - the pr machine kicked in for the book. the pr machine instigated by the murdoch imprint which paid a $3.5m advance (i think) for the book. the pr machine stumbled when the world went "ay up, don't like this idea much", indeed that process started at fox news. murdoch is inextricably intertwined in this story. take another example. if a british newspaper were to pay ian hunter or some such for is memoirs do you not think that paper would be a big part of the story? of course oj is at the heart of this but we are all familiar with his trial etc - the angle on who and why is publishing and why they decided not too is very much the story. murdoch recognised the damage to his businesses going ahead with publication which is why he halted them and made a statement. the contents would remain the same; the story is in why any sane publisher would want to touch them with a bargepole. it would not have had to been murdoch for this to have been a story but i concede that the fact that it is murdoch makes it a stronger one. he's high profile, the world's biggest media magnate and elements of his empire effectiveltytold him where to shove the oj book
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Isn't OJ keeping that $3.5 million, so what was the error of judgement then, rewarding a murderer?