http://m.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/the-cosby-show/382891/
Sent from Blue Mail On Nov 18, 2014, 4:40 PM, at 4:40 PM, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: >On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 4:02 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You keep making this analogy, but it is false. There is no evidence >that >> Obama was born in Kenya, or that Bush planned 9-11. There is evidence >that >> Bill Cosby raped 14 women. That evidence is not definitive, and not >at a >> point that could sustain a conviction, but it does sustain asking him >a >> question about it. If 14 people filed sworn written statements that >they >> saw Obama's mother falsify his birth certificate, or that they saw >Bush >> shaking hands with Bin Ladin, then it would justify asking those >questions >> as well. >> >> I'm sorry, and with all due respect, but this is not even a close >call. If >> Simon does not ask that question he might as well just resign from >the news >> business. >> >> All analogies are imperfect, I grant you, but it is far from false. >For >instance, you don't need to search far to find people who claim to have >witnessed Obama's birth in Kenya, or to view the "authentic" Kenyan >birth >certificate on the internet. And I want to emphasize that I'm not >attempting to defend a potential rapist; I'm merely pointing out that >people saying somebody did something isn't actually evidence they did >something, and without any research on the part of a reporter to verify >the >claims, it is wrong to confront someone with accusations that have not >been >vetted. Simon wasn't being a journalist when he asked the question; he >was >being TMZ. > > > >-- >Kevin M. (RPCV) > >-- >-- >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. -- -- 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.
