THE PUBLISHER of O.J. Simpson’s impending new book, curiously titled “If I Did It,” has given up trying to counter the firestorm of criticism that erupted over its its announcement that it would give voice to Simpson’s hypothetical confession. On Nov. 20, Rupert Murdoch announced that he and his minions had, indeed, made a mistake in agreeing to publish Simpson’s new book and broadcast an associated television interview.
Even though the immediate controversy over Simpson’s latest re-emergence following his jury acquittal in the 1994 stabbing deaths of his estranged wife and her friend is over, the whole mess raises some interesting questions about the difference between legal rights and individual responsibility.
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