Oj Made In America

The film, O.J. Made in America, heavily focused its point of view on the racial aspects that influenced the trial (Edelman, 2016). Instead of painting Simpson as a possible murder suspect on trial for the death of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman, they depict him as a black man being framed for murder (Edelman, 2016). During the duration of the film, the subjects being interviewed used an inconceivable amount of crude and racially insensitive language. Racial epithets like the word, “nigger,” were spoken immensely throughout the film (Edelman, 2016). This language was used to fuel the racially charged nuances that covered the duration of the Simpson trial. The Los Angeles Police department and Detective Mark Fuhrman played a large

Simpson's Ex-Wife Found Stabbed to Death” (Malnic & Ferrell, 1994). This was published two days after Nicole Brown Simpson’s death. The Chicago Tribune in 1995, published an article titled, “Nicole Simpson's Grisly Death Described to Jury” (Seigel, 1995). These titles use very abrasive and candid language, most likely used to grab the reader's attention. Words like “stabbed, slash, slit, and grisly” are commonly used when discussing the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman (Seigel, 1995). Furthermore, in the Los Angeles Times newspaper headline, it does not say directly who the murder victims are. They state that O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife was found dead, but not who his ex-wife was. Not mentioning Nicole Brown Simpson’s name in the title seems commonplace for most news media accounts of the murder. The Los Angeles Times, People Magazine, CBS News, and other media outlets have all done so (Malnic & Ferrell, 1994; Baker, 2018; CBS News, 2018). Also, the title does not mention whether or not there were other victims of the crime, but later down in the article they clearly state, “the body of Ronald Lyle Goldman of the Agoura area was found a few feet away in shrubbery” (Malnic & Ferrell, 1994). The lack of fully disclosing who the victims are within the title is misleading. The title is revolved around O.J. Simpson, yet he was not the one that was murdered. It appears that the Los Angeles

Simpson and also described the victims as being, “stabbed to death” (CNN Library, 2018). Within this article, CNN had also continued to refer to Nicole Brown Simpson as, “Simpson’s Ex-Wife” (CNN Library, 2018). When the media refers to Brown Simpson this way, it makes it appear as if she had no identity of her own, other than being someone’s ex-wife. Another misleading article is the Los Angeles Times article on Ronald Lyle Goldman, just days after his death. The headline reads, “Victim Thrived on Life in Fast Lane, His Friends Recall” (Mosk and Hall, 1994). When seeing this, readers see that Ronald Lyle Goldman is no longer “Ron,” as his family and close friends called him, but the victim. His identity as a human being is shattered, just like Brown Simpson’s was when continued to be labelled “ex-wife.” This article in the beginning paints a picture of how Goldman was an athletic, adventurous and happy-go-lucky young man. Mosk and Hall state, “He had model good looks, a body sculpted by daily weightlifting sessions and tennis, and a magnetic personality that friends said made them want to hang around him, just to see what he would be up to next” (Mosk and Hall, 1994, para. 2). The paper then quickly changes tones and mentions how he and Brown Simpson’s bodies were found dead outside of the Bundy Drive condo. When readers come upon this article, they would assume that they would be reading an article about the life