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...worthy of more than a small item on the court docket column of the newspaper. Or a brief mention on only one of the major networks, without a picture and at the end of the broadcast. A 30-second news spot in a morning radio show: "O.J. Simpson, the Hall of Fame running back, was today arrested in connection with the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole...
...must be from Mars. Every room with a television, newspaper or radio in it seems like a Circus Maximus, in true American style. The story of the Simpson snowball goes something like the following. The story breaks in mid-June, and North America is treated to a four-hour Ford commercial. Bronco sales must have skyrocketed: "What a stunningly handsome car! I'll take one with the O.J. option package please--with revolver...
Tour buses start to parade past the Simpson home on North Rockingham Avenue (but alas, he's not home, he's at the Men's Central Jail in downtown L.A., our next stop). And finally, just last week, the ringmaster himself authorized the sale of a $15 exercise video he had recently completed, as well as signing 300 sports cards to be sold at $1,500 each. That's almost half a million dollars, made in an afternoon in jail. This guy's got talent...
Patrick S. Chung '96 is a frequent contributor to The Crimson's editorial page. He has given up watching the O.J. Simpson television extravaganza in favor of "Sesame Street...
...said the trial of O.J. Simpson showed that no matter how far Blacks advanced, their skin color held them back...