But also a true thing: In 1994, when Simpson fled police in his white Bronco, 95 million people watched the slow-motion chase on TV, in real time.
In 1994, AOL, the service that popularized the "World Wide Web," had a little more than a million subscribers.
AdvertisementAnd the notion that we're never getting a TV event like the Simpson affair is not a new one, either.
Digital media can certainly focus a lot of people's attention on one thing, but it can't compel everyone to watch one thing.
Now I'm going to go stream June 17th, 1994 — ESPN's documentary about the Simpson chase.
Persons:
—, OJ Simpson, Simpson, We're, Rupert Murdoch's Fox, Kato Kalein, Lance Ito, Rick Maiman, Here's, Joanna Robinson, Robinson, Addison Rae, They're, It's, I've
Organizations:
Service, Bronco, Business, AOL, Getty
Locations:
America