{"id":74087,"date":"2014-12-15T06:48:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T06:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=74087"},"modified":"2014-12-15T06:48:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T06:48:38","slug":"cosby-urges-black-media-stay-neutral-rape-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/cosby-urges-black-media-stay-neutral-rape-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosby urges ‘black media’ to stay ‘neutral’ over rape allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bill Cosby said he expects “black media” to have a “neutral mind” when reporting on the many sexual-abuse allegations against him in a new interview published Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me say this. I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism, and when you do that, you have to go in with a neutral mind,\u201d he told The New York Post<\/em>‘s “Page Six” section.<\/p>\n The comedian said his lawyers have advised him not to speak to media about the allegations made by more than 20 women.<\/p>\n “They don’t want me talking to the media,” Cosby said, before he abruptly ended the phone interview. Throughout the interview, however, “Page Six” reported that the comedian sounded “upbeat.”<\/p>\n Cosby has remained largely silent while the number of allegations against him continue to mount. Taken together, these women’s stories paint the comedian as a serial rapist, whose assaults allegedly spanned four decades dating back to the 1960s. Many of the women also claim that Cosby offered them drug pills prior to the alleged assaults.<\/p>\n Last month, the comedian briefly broke his silence on the allegations in an interview with Florida Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n “I know people are tired of me not saying anything, but a guy doesn’t have to answer to innuendos,” he said. “People should fact check. People shouldn’t have to go through that, and shouldn’t answer to innuendos.”<\/p>\n Cosby also got into a tense post-interview discussion with a journalist from The Associated Press, after the reporter asked about the allegations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: Mashable.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bill Cosby said he expects “black media” to have a “neutral mind” when reporting on the many sexual-abuse allegations against him in a new interview published Sunday. \u201cLet me say this. I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism, and when you do that, you have to go in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":74088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[6],"yoast_head":"\n