Religions > Atheism > Signs Of The Times: O.J. Simpson's Revolting "Confession" As Entertainment
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19 Nov 2006 10:05:53 PM |
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Signs Of The Times: O.J. Simpson's Revolting "Confession" As Entertainment |
http://pblosser.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_pblosser_archive.html#116388319856221179
Top headlines signs of times
Have you noticed lately how sickening the news is? I know, I know ...
This is what our grandparents used to see when they saw news reports of
urban shootings on the telly. Buy I don't even own telly, and it's
getting so I can hardly stomach turning to the internet news pages
anymore without taking an anti-nausea tablet. Over the last three
months we've had the following:
September: Wife Shoots Husband Who Shot Chicken, Police Say
(wisctv.com, September 6, 2006)
October: Horror in Schoolhouse: 5 Amish Girls Killed, 5 Critically
Wounded in Shocking Massacre
November: Alabama Teen Rapes Mother (wrcbtv.com Chattanooga, Nov. 18,
2006)
Then, just when one would think it couldn't possibly get any worse, we
have this announcement from CNN.com (November 16, 2006):
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- O.J. Simpson created an uproar
Wednesday with plans for a TV interview and book titled "If I Did It"
-- an account the publisher pronounced "his confession" and media
executives condemned as revolting and exploitive.
One cannot avoid noting the nefariously telling if inadvertent irony of
the fact that CNN's article, "Publisher on O.J.: 'I consider this his
confession'," is posted in the 'Entertainment' section. So this is what
we've come to? This is entertainment? Sodom. Sodom was less iniquitous!
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| User: "William December Starr" |
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| Title: Re: Signs Of The Times: O.J. Simpson's Revolting "Confession" As Entertainment |
19 Nov 2006 11:18:01 PM |
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In article <1163995553.032868.13540@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Sound of Trumpet" <soundoftrumpet@myway.com> stole
intellectual property from somebody else and posted:
http://pblosser.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_pblosser_archive.html#116388319856221179
Top headlines signs of times
Have you noticed lately how sickening the news is? I know, I know
... This is what our grandparents used to see when they saw news
reports of urban shootings on the telly. Buy I don't even own
telly, and it's getting so I can hardly stomach turning to the
internet news pages anymore without taking an anti-nausea
tablet. Over the last three months we've had the following:
September: Wife Shoots Husband Who Shot Chicken, Police Say
(wisctv.com, September 6, 2006)
Okay, I'll admit it: I love this headline.
--
William December Starr <wdstarr@panix.com>
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