This advocacy by Cosby raises troubling questions. Are black journalists and readers viewing a different reality from white journalists and readers? Few rational observers believe that any journalist is objective. Everyone has his or her own prejudices. How can anyone expect any journalist to be objective, i.e. neutral? But also why does Cosby speak only to black journalists? His successful career was among white and black audiences. Is he abandoning his white audience and admirers?
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Instead, Cosby, 77, said that the African-American media — for which this reporter often writes — should be impartial.
“Let 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,” Cosby said.
[. . .]
More than two dozen women have publicly claimed that the “Fat Albert” creator drugged and raped them.
The allegations span at least four decades, beginning in the 1960s.
http://pagesix.com/2014/12/13/cosby-to-media-stay-neutral-despite-rape-allegations/?_ga=1.66956397.212440808.1402078759
Upbeat Cosby expects ‘black media’ to stay neutral
By Stacy Brown
New York Post; Page Six
December 13, 2014 | 11:43pm
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