The O.J. environmental story: can environmental news compete with sensationalism.

E | April 1, 1995| | Copyright

One Friday night last June, 95 million Americans watched O.J. Simpson's white Ford Bronco glide along the highway at 16 miles-per-gallon followed by a team of police cruisers on the most famous car chase this country has ever seen. A posse of newscopters hovered overhead as the sUnset grew pinker in the Los Angeles haze. The ozone level reached .09 parts-per-million, just exceeding California's air quality limits. Across the land millions of viewers wondered if O.J. would step out of the Bronco alive.

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