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Jon Friedman's Media Web: Why Hunter Thompson didn't cover O.J. trial
Jon Friedman's Media Web: Why Hunter Thompson didn't cover O.J. trial
Alert Email Print By Jon Friedman , MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO -- As the O.J. Simpson double-murder case captivated the nation in 1994, Phil Bronstein had a brainstorm. In the adventurous spirit of San Francisco newspaper journalism, Bronstein hit upon a scheme designed to cover the news -- and ...
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withleather.uproxx.com — O.J. Simpson actually had a court ruling in his favor earlier this week. No, he’s not out... of jail. He won a court case that decided the ownership of some of that memorabilia that he tried to steal a couple years ago: In a ruling that ... (more) OJ GOT SOME OF HIS CRAP BACK
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Forestalled: Hunter S. Thompson At The O.J. Trial [Media]
Deadspin — ... "We had an eight-hour negotiating session. Hunter wanted satellite dishes, an unlimited expense account and a suite or two at the Chateau Marmont. We were a dying afternoon paper with no budget." [MarketWatch via ...

Morning Link Dump – Yesica, Lucic, HST, Shaq
TheScore.com Blog — ... respected. “ Hunter “The best idea I ever had, that never got acted on, was to have Hunter Thompson cover the O.J. Simpson trial," recalled [Phil] Bronstein, executive editor of the San Francisco Examiner at the time. "We had an eight-hour negotiating session. Hunter wanted satellite dishes, an unlimited expense account and a suite or two at the Chateau Marmont. We were a dying afternoon paper with no budget." (via Deadspin and Marketwatch) Shaq Vs. Embarrassment “Shaquille ...

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