Johnnie, and Linda
So we got a bit of a news break today from the latest on Terri Schiavo and Michael Jackson: Johnnie Cochran topped the news for one last time today by dying. I doubt most of us in the news industry were expecting it. For those who don't recognize the name, maybe "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit" will jog your memory of the O.J. Simpson trial a decade ago.Personally, I was eagerly waiting for the Associated Press news wire to spit out what I knew would be an interview with O.J. Simpson, conducted by my cousin. I wasn't disappointed. After all, when the news cameras were showing a Ryder truck carrying Florida's presidential ballots, Linda was the one who called up O.J. and got him to comment on the similarities between that shot and the cameras that filmed his white Bronco being slowly pursued by the LAPD. And she flew out to Florida last year to interview him for a 10-year look back on the case.
What impressed me is that Linda not only wrote most of the main story, but she also spent the day in the Michael Jackson courtroom and wrote most of that story, too. Yeah, Linda Deutsch is basically my idol. And I'll also admit that I enjoy bragging about her.
Posted by Layla at 8:46 PM, March 29, 2005
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