Thanks For Listening

In a surprising bit of moral victory, Fox TV has cancelled plans to air O.J. Simpson's "hypothetical" account of the killings of his ex-wife and her good friend/waiter/lover Ronald Goldman. This really is a victory of morals, as it shows that perhaps as a nation, we may have finally been tweaked to the point of squealing "Enough!"
What about the central figures in this media circus? On the flying trapeze, we have Ms. Judith Regan: Under a barrage of criticism, she says she published O.J. Simpson's book "If I Did It" because she was a victim of domestic violence and thought the proceeds would go to Simpson's children. Meanwhile, in the lion cage, Rupert Murdoch held forth: "I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project," said Murdoch, the chairman of News Corp, which owns both FOX and the bookÂ’s publisher through HarperCollins, ReganBooks. "We are sorry for any pain that this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson." Piling out of the clown car in front of the grandstand is O.J.'s lawyer: The latest issue of Newsweek quotes Yale Galanter as saying he's "p*ssed" about Simpson's deal for the upcoming book "If I Did It," adding, "I definitely would not have approved this ... I wouldn't have done it for a gazillion dollars."
And in the center ring - well, the center ring is empty. As it should be. Innocent or guilty, the twisted soul of Orenthal James Simpson will not be on display anytime soon. The spotlight can be turned off, the tents can be rolled back up, and the show can move on. Now we can get back to using our public airwaves for what they were intended - watching football stars do the merengue, and survivors on desert islands both real and imagined.