JOSEPH CAMPBELL ON THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL AND ITS AFTERMATH:

● Why Simpson’s acquittal in 1995 was inevitable.
● Was it really “the trial of the century?”
● The Simpson trial gave rise to the quote of the ’90s.
● Why America stood still in 1995, awaiting the Simpson trial verdicts.
● Ron Goldman’s sister resisted driving over O.J. Simpson.

Related:

the lede on the NYT's original 1995 story about OJ Simpson's trial is insane pic.twitter.com/KgfrN90Tp2

— paris martineau (@parismartineau) April 11, 2024

Here’s the full story in the Times’ archive. What were the Gray Lady’s editors thinking?

UPDATE: Great moments in dispassionate objectivity:

Put it in the Louvre https://t.co/mUGZKmA2eE

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) April 12, 2024

What was the AP thinking today?