Dish (2000)
“At the National Enquirer’s headquarters in Lantana, Steve Coz, the executive editor and second in command after Iain Calder, got the tip that Monday morning, before any of the news bulletins flashed it. “O.J.’s ex-wife and someone else are dead,” Coz told senior editor David Perel. “You run it.”
“Okay,” said Perel.
The story was a natural one for the Enquirer. Its readers, two-thirds of whom are women, loved stories about abused wives, about the dark side of fame, about how rich people who seem... to have it all actually lead lives that are desperately unhappy. Initially, it had an advantage over other publications in covering the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. The crime of the century, Steve Coz later boasted, occurred “in the middle of our source network.” Reporters from the tabloid appeared at the murder scene shortly after the coroners did—and before any other reporters. The Enquirer editors also knew the history of O.J.’s violence against Nicole; when the former football star was convicted of beating his wife in 1989, most publications virtually ignored it, but the National Enquirer played up the incident in a full-page story: “O.J.MoreLess
“Okay,” said Perel.
The story was a natural one for the Enquirer. Its readers, two-thirds of whom are women, loved stories about abused wives, about the dark side of fame, about how rich people who seem... to have it all actually lead lives that are desperately unhappy. Initially, it had an advantage over other publications in covering the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. The crime of the century, Steve Coz later boasted, occurred “in the middle of our source network.” Reporters from the tabloid appeared at the murder scene shortly after the coroners did—and before any other reporters. The Enquirer editors also knew the history of O.J.’s violence against Nicole; when the former football star was convicted of beating his wife in 1989, most publications virtually ignored it, but the National Enquirer played up the incident in a full-page story: “O.J.MoreLess
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