Extra: The OJ Trial's Impact On America And The Media

The Fox News Rundown

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3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Former football star, actor, and accused murderer Orenthal James, or OJ, Simpson died at the age of 76 earlier their week of prostate cancer. OJ was infamously acquitted of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. The 1995 trial both captivated and divided the nation. FOX News Legal Analyst Gregg Jarrett, who covered the trial for Court TV at the time, joined the Rundown shortly after the news of OJ's death broke. Host Chris Foster asked him about the complex legacy of OJ Simpson, the trial, its media coverage, and how it all impacted America for a generation. We made edits for time and thought you might like to hear more from Gregg Jarrett about the death of OJ. On today’s FOX News Rundown Extra, you’ll hear our entire conversation with the FOX News legal analyst and former Court TV anchor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	This is the Fox News rundown extra.
0:22.5	I'm Chris Foster.
0:27.0	O.J Simpson's dead.
0:28.3	Not quite 30 years since the murders he was found not guilty of committing.
0:32.3	His ex-wife, Nicole Brown Brown and her friend Ron Goldmans.
0:35.4	The headline of his obituary would have been, Football Hall of Fame or dead,
0:39.2	with his acting and broadcasting career mentioned a paragraph or two later probably.
0:43.0	Instead, the talk is more about the murders and the most watched televised trial in American
0:47.1	history.
0:48.1	Fox News legal analyst, Greg Jarrett covered it back then.
0:50.8	He brought him in to talk about his memories of the case and
0:53.1	Simpson's spectacular rise and fall. The conversation was too long to include in the
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1:04.0	Now Greg Jarrett on the Fox News rundown extra.
1:07.0	Greg Jarrett, Fox News Legal Analysts, and a veteran of the OJ Wars, initial reaction to his death.
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