Donald Trump was back on television in a New York court last week while his lawyer arranged for the cremation in Las Vegas of another veteran television star, OJ Simpson. Those twin towers of the small screen were the inspiration for comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s tasteless joke on live television: “Donald Trump asked the judge to renegotiate his trial in New York to mourn at OJ Simpson’s cremation in Las Vegas.” Kimmel’s offensiveness was mitigated by everyone I asked who had followed Simpson’s trial and acquittal on live television in 1995. Without exception, they believed OJ Simpson had got away with…

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