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The OJ Simpson book/show - boycotting Fox & American Idol

As you may know by now, OJ Simpson has written an "If I Had Done It" book in which he explains how he would have killed his ex-wife and her boyfriend "if" he had done it.
I won't be watching "American Idol" this year and I probably will very rarely watch Fox Television any more because a Rupert Murdoch company is publishing the book (Judith Regan, Regan Books) and Fox is airing the show. Freemantle Media, the company producing the show (along with Simon Cowell's appropriately titled company "Syco") is someone I'll let know I won't be watching that show this year either, in protest. If you want to do the same, have at it -
FremantleMedia North America

2700 Colorado Ave., Ste. 450Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone 310-255-4700
Fax 310-255-4800
CEO's E-mail - Cecile.Frot-Coutaz @fremantlemedia.com

"All that is necessary for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing."
Edmund Burke
  

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[nq:1]As you may know by now, OJ Simpson has written an "If I Had Done It" book in which he ... F. Coutaz's office brought a denial from the secretary that they were involved in this project.

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  • Coutaz's office brought a denial from the secretary that they were involved in this project.
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[nq:1]As you may know by now, OJ Simpson has written an "If I Had Done It" book in which he ... Cecile.Frot-Coutaz @fremantlemedia.com "All that is necessary for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke[/nq]
A call to Fremantle Media to C.F. Coutaz's office brought a denial from the secretary that they were involved in this project. A transfer to legal brought the same deni
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[nq:2]As you may know by now, OJ Simpson has written ... (Judith Regan, Regan Books) and Fox is airing the show.[/nq]
Why does it take OJ to stop watching dreck?
jaybee
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[nq:2]As you may know by now, OJ Simpson has written ... is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke[/nq]
[nq:1]A call to Fremantle Media to C.F. Coutaz's office brought a denial from the secretary that they were involved in ... J Simpson" and "cowell" except for some old links to the last time they tried to get O.J on board...[/nq]
That's not what Sam (entertainment reporter) said on KTL
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[nq:2]A call to Fremantle Media to C.F. Coutaz's office brought ... the last time they tried to get O.J on board...[/nq]
[nq:1]That's not what Sam (entertainment reporter) said on KTLA this morning. So you're a fan of OJ, or do you just take any opportunity to lash out at anything I post?[/nq]
I watched almost every minute of the trial. I had to go to Europe for two weeks in the middle of
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[nq:2]As you may know by now, OJ Simpson has written ... is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke[/nq]
[nq:1]A call to Fremantle Media to C.F. Coutaz's office brought a denial from the secretary that they were involved in ... J Simpson" and "cowell" except for some old links to the last time they tried to get O.J on board...[/nq]
This is certainly yet another good reason to boycott Fox
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@reader2.panix.com:
[nq:1]As you may know by now, OJ Simpson has written an "If I Had Done It" book in which he ... more because a Rupert Murdoch company is publishing the book (Judith Regan, Regan Books) and Fox is airing the show.[/nq]
I stay away from FNC not just because it plays it fast and loose with journalisitic ethics and integrity, but because it shows actual disdain for it. FNC
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On Thu 16 Nov 2006 03:23:48p, Paul William Tenny
[nq:1]I stay away from FNC not just because it plays it fast and loose with journalisitic ethics and integrity, but ... entertainment channel, not news. Frankly as distasteful as Simpson and his book may be, he fits with the channel perfectly.[/nq]
You mean the "fair and balanced"* network? Surely you jest.
*copyright FNC.

RonB

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