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To: Lucretius who wrote (4472)	7/19/2000 7:50:37 AM
From: MythMan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

WOW that's big time red -s-

To: Lucretius who wrote (4472)	7/19/2000 8:00:25 AM
From: MythMan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

roflmao! >>July 19, 2000 O.J. Simpson Starts Web Venture By BILL CARTER . J. Simpson will appear on a series of television programs next week, including NBC's "Today" show and ABC's "The View," to publicize a Web site created for him to take questions online from the public. The interviews will be rare television appearances for Mr. Simpson; since his acquittal in 1994 on charges of murdering his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman, the former football star has been extensively interviewed only on Black Entertainment Television in 1996 and on ESPN in 1998. Mr. Simpson will appear first on the "Today" show on Tuesday morning, talking to the anchor Matt Lauer. Then on Wednesday morning Mr. Simpson will appear on the ABC daytime show "The View," talking mainly with Barbara Walters and Star Jones. Later that day Mr. Simpson will appear on an afternoon segment on the Fox News Channel, and on Wednesday night he will appear on the program "The Edge," with the anchor Paula Zahn, on the same channel. In all cases Mr. Simpson will discuss the start up of the Web site "AskOJ.com," which was established by a company called the Entertainment Network that will enable Internet users to direct questions to him in a series of "live events." They will be charged a fee of $9.95 to register for the site, said Brian Barry, a spokesman for Mr. Simpson. They will also be able to purchase what he called "O. J. memorabilia." Mr. Barry said, "O. J. will be donating all his potential earnings from the Web site to charity." Jeff Zucker, the executive producer of "Today," said Mr. Simpson agreed to the interviews as a way to "publicize the start of this Web site." Both Mr. Zucker and Bill Geddie, the executive producer of "The View," said no conditions had been placed on the interview. Mr. Zucker said Mr. Lauer would "ask the questions you'd expect him to be asked." Among those, he said, were such questions as: "How is he supporting himself? How are people treating him? How is he dealing with the financial judgment against him?" Mr. Simpson lost a civil lawsuit in the deaths of his former wife and her friend in 1997. He was ordered to pay their families financial judgments totaling $33.5 million. Mr. Geddie emphasized that "The View" is "an opinion program" and "the image of O. J. sitting in the center of our panel of women was too powerful to resist." He added, "I think he knows he's going to be sitting with people who believe he's a murderer." Mr. Zucker said he expected some viewers to be unhappy that "Today" was giving Mr. Simpson a forum to discuss his Web site, but he added, "It's certainly a newsworthy interview." Mr. Geddie said that Mr. Simpson had initially contacted Ms. Walters about doing an interview for her ABC News program "20/20," but that "Barbara did not want to interview him on that show." Mr. Geddie added: "Having him on the 'Today' show helped me. I don't know if we would have gone out on a limb to be the first to put him on. Being on 'Today' gives it some legitimacy." Mr. Barry described the Entertainment Network, which is based in Tampa, Fla., as "a company that create voyeuristic Web sites." Among its previous Web sites are ones called "Voyeurdorm.com" and "Dudedorm.com." <<