Media Executives Do Have a Conscience!

  Fox cancels plans for Simpson book and TV special; calls it ill-advised.

"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."
   ~ Henry Mencken

Thank God!

News Corp. has canceled plans to publish a controversial new book by O.J. Simpson titled, "If I Did It," and an accompanying Fox network television interview with the former football star, the company said on Monday.

News Corp. Chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch said in a statement that he and senior management decided that "this was an ill-considered project."

No kidding Rupert!

I've generally avoided being too critical of media executives since (1) I can choose what to watch; (2) Though we continually deny it, they generally give us what we ask for: voyeurism, drugs, violence, and sex (hey, I didn't say I was complaining).

But giving this guy the microphone was going one step too far, and I'm glad we won't have to see him on TV (at least for now).

I wonder if Bill O'Reilly's (the uber-objective &...

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Hot Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Dick Daffodil

  SecondLife allows users to create a virtual reality for business, networking or fun.

"I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid... you're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you. A world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you."
~ Keanu Reeves, from The Matrix

In my search for the answer to life, a friend of mine sent me to an interesting and relatively new virtual world on the web called SecondLife.com.

Though it may sound out there, SecondLife has been creating quite a bit of buzz lately from marketers, advertisers and technology companies.

With major investors such as Benchmark Capital, Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon.com) and Catamount Ventures, SecondLife alllows individuals to create virtual worlds where they can research, buy and sell products and services or seek out expertise.

Sellers of these products an...

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