Something tells me respect for the dead and good taste had little to do with Fox network’s decision to pull it’s planned two-part interview with O. J. Simpson right before the release of his disgustingly titled "confession," If I Did It, Here’s How It Happend.  Don’t feel too sorry for Simpson.  The publicity generated by this sick book almost assures that it will sell well.

UPDATE:  I misread:  it’s the book as well as the interview.  Good for News Corp.  This was an ill-conceived project from the beginning.

According to CBS News President Sean McManus, Katie Couric is being given time to bring up the ratings; at least a year, he indicates.  My next questions would have been, "What next?"  You bring in a woman who was called America’s News Sweetheart, pay her an eight figure salary, and expect that her supposed star power will bring up the ratings.  So far, CBS hasn’t had much luck in the area.  Couric’s ratings started out good, but not great, and have steadily erodes over the last two months to the point that she now doing worse that her stand-in predecessor, Bob Schieffer.  What in the world will CBS do with its multi-million dollar girl if she can’t deliver.  Moreover, what will this mean for Katie Couric who pretty much had it easy on the Today show?  I wonder how she feels knowing that Today is not only surviving without her, but growing its audience since she left?  Not exactly the triumph she or CBS expected.