When O.J. Simpson didn't quite confess
In the wake of Simpson's death, Esquire has blacked out its first interview with him—the first one anywhere—after his conviction: a telling profile, thanks to Celia Farber's journalistic brilliance
A meticulous AIDS dissident, Farber was, in her own way, a pariah, too. The story of her story—a really big deal when it ran in 1998—tells us much about the world of journalism as it (often) was before “the virus” trashed it utterly.
Our entire media changed, and not for the better, during the O.J. o-gasm. I’ll never forget it. I’ve been trying to explain it to my son, lately, because he is beginning to see how horrible and ugly and whorish the media is now, and he’s asking me if it’s always been his way.
Mark, thank you for this. I really appreciate it, and thank you for helping me with edits. I appreciate greatly all the insightful comments.
There is something about all this that is designed to scramble our minds forever.
No matter what you do, you CAN'T solve it. Sounds just like….JFK, right?
I'm awake at 2:30 am to do a 3:30 am radio show about OJ...