On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Again, continuing the example of Obama's Kenyan heritage, there are sworn >> statements from all sorts of people who claim all sorts of things. And a >> settlement in a civil suit that is by your own admission confidential is >> evidence of exactly nothing. Rich people settle out of court for lots of >> reasons having nothing to do with culpability. >> > > I'm not attempting to defend Cosby. If he's guilty, let him hang. But he's > not being judged on anything close to actual evidence. He's being judged > because people are weary of him lecturing the black community. I'd like to > believe the Baldwin brothers are rapists because I'm weary of them, but > since I have no evidence that they are, I have to settle for merely not > liking them. > I am honestly not following your logic here. I don't think anyone here has remotely suggested that Cosby is guilty of the charges, and I have stated several times that he has not been convicted of any crime. I have seen commentators who refer to him as a "serial rapist", which is grotesque and unfounded. But the question here is, is it appropriate for an NPR journalist to simply ask Mr. Cosby a question about the charges? In my view, not only is the answer clearly "yes", but anyone aspiring to be worthy of the description journalist would be badly remiss if they did not ask the question. I don't think Cosby should be banned from television talk shows either; I do think that in all but the most superficial and flimsy settings, such shows should inform him that while it will not focus on the charges, they will be brought up during the interview, and give Cosby the right to decide if he still wants to appear. I suspect that is what happened with Dave, and probably also with Latifah. I don't blame Cosby for choosing to avoid such questions if he wants, as it is his right. He does not have the right to publicize himself and his various projects and insist on not getting asked reasonable questions. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
