When Simpson went to trial for the 1994 killings, the whole nation, or, more accurately, the entire media, went apeshit. But now with the disasters of 9/11, Iraq, and all of the shit the Bush administration and the robber barons have thrust upon the American people, the Simpson saga is just a tiny footnote.
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In this piece, Vincent Bugliosi also noted the insane media attention to the Simpson case, which was beyond all proportion. Televising the trial had a lot to do with the frenzy.
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Fox's Greta Van Susteren had a panel discussion on the decline and fall of Simpson.
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