Rape victims to media: At least stay neutral.
Yea sure Cos....
He played the race card, which is used when the user knows he’s wrong. So he’s a guilty, racist POS, in my opinion.
His statement doesn’t make any sense “I only expect the black media to uphold standards of journalism, and when you do that you have to keep a neutral mind.” What?! Since when are most black media outlets ‘unbiased?’ They are far more cut and dry prejudiced against any other race but black than they were even ten years ago.
If Cosby expects this loose, superficial construct known as Black Media to stand up for him during this ‘inquisition’, he is delusional and or more desperate for support than I had imagined. The only way Cosby saves some modicum of a ‘decent’ reputation, at this point is if he decides to admit to being guilty of something along the way, and that he will undergo some form of counseling to address the issue. But to continue his stonewalling will prove to be wasted time and energy.
Houston, Cosby has a problem.
Any woman (or man) that waits 10,20,30,40 years to report such a rape especially when it involves a current celebrity, does not deserve credibility or the ability to ruin the life of another. It destroys the concept of justice. They were not children and I even question that when a large amount of time has passed.
The mind and memory works in funny ways and such a length of time can involve fabrication of events. It eliminates the possibility of a fair trial. It creates a situation where the defendant must defend a negative.
Of course his wife supports him; without his money and connections, she would lose her posh lifestyle and the status/VP treatment she gets as his wife. She knows this.
Come on, black media! This is Bill Cosby, a man with dark skin!! He thus could NEVER be a serial violent rapist! Every black man is the same! And good!
Yep, Cosby is playing two cards, Race AND Fame.
Strange, but I can never find an interview where the falsely-accused, innocent, non-rapist Cosby replies forcefully and clearly, “No. I have never raped anyone. These charges are all false. These women are all lying. None of these stories are true.”
One interesting lawsuit looming. The underage young girl he took to the Playboy Mansion and groped, became a lawyer. The statute of limitations has expired, of course, on her case, but he stated it was untrue, so she can now file a suit for him lying about it. I suppose her underage girlfriend who went with her will support her statement. Might be why Cosby is keeping quiet.
I am staying neutral. But Cosby is getting a taste of the very biased media, especially the Black media, and he now sees what so many of us have complained about. The “rush to judgment” to make someone look bad is always very hyped when someone who has expressed any Conservative views is involved. I question this rush...and I also question the “not-so-much” rush of the claimants who have waited so many years to “reveal” these incidents.
With all the hoopla, has anything actually been proven against this guy?
“African American media?!” Like JET, Ebony, BET, “Black Enterprise”? I always told my daughters that there is no higher form of racism, and there isn’t.
When a celeb is accused of rape that celeb should expect every woman he ever slept with or did drugs with to make a claim. Sadly there are evil women who do make false rape claims.
Standing “o” tells it all, but his nose seems to tell a different story, just look at that nose instead of getting longer like pinochio its gettting whiter like the girls who said no............................Oh did I say that? you aint right!
He comes across as a smug, controlling, power broker. You see this in the AP footage as well, it is a polite form of strongarming under-girded with tones of threats. The more I see of Cosby’s response the more I see that those I have spoken to who have had dealings with him are right, guy is a creep.
Race card.
Guilty or not of the rapes, he’s dead to me after playing the race card. Wish I’d never watched his shows. Disgusting piece of pond scum.
It really makes one wonder about the people who come on FR to defend him, and how compromised they are to do it. What could compel someone to defend a serial predator ?
focusing on buttressing his case in the black media is a great defensive strategy for Cosby.
first, the principle of divide and conquer, especially on racial lines, applies in this case since most of the alleged victims are white and the alleged perp is black.
second, the black media is much smaller than the MSM, so it is easier to influence (if not bully).
third, it targets the potential support group of the most recent, most high profile, and black alleged victim.
if cosby is liable, and anyone has a viable civil case, then he won’t prevail at prelminary hearings, and his lawyers will need to press for out of court settlements to keep depositions from leading to criminal charges and bad publicity. a wild card is that these will be higher profile than the norm if they get that far.
if his lawyers can settle, and presuming no smoking gun evidence (eg incriminating videos, dna, etc) surface independently, then it should be clear sailing for him to a PR mop up phase in the media and court of public opinion.