Another reason not to be cynical: O.J. book/ special nixed

What a lovely surprise. We're not so far gone as I feared, Western civilization.

"I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project," said Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp. owns both Fox Broadcasting and publisher HarperCollins. "We are sorry for any pain that this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson."

Of course, no one seems to know whether or not Simpson was already paid for the deal, but that's a secondary issue; he's living well off his NFL pension, anyway; the main point is that we don't have to see a "hypothetical," gloating double-murder confession on top of the bestseller lists.