@hawkeye10,
Quote:because we dont know if Bill did anything wrong..
We do know he's had affairs, and Camille certainly knows that. He publicly admitted that he gave $100, 000 to one women, he acknowledges he had an affair with, to keep her from going public with the story of their affair.
The media has been protecting Cosby until now. The civil suit against him 10 years ago got some coverage, but not a lot. It's not that the media is ganging up on him now, it's that they should have done more to expose him 10 years ago when that suit was filed. Tina Fey tried to out him for years, using both SNL and 30 Rock to do it, but the mainstream media remained pretty mum about the allegations in that 2004 civil suit--the same allegations that are being made now. 10 years ago, Cosby may still have had enough clout and media connections to keep the media relatively mum. He clearly doesn't have that clout now, and this story is way too big now to be ignored. However, I'll bet he still has a lot of friends in the black media he can rely on to go easy on him--which may be his idea of their remaining "neutral" and allegedly "upholding high journalistic standards". He wants to be able to control what the media says about him--and right now, his best shot at doing that may be with the black media.
Quote:It is just as likely that contrary to your opinion she is 100% sure that Bill did nothing wrong, and she is especially pissed off with the black media for reporting as if he is guilty after all that he has done for the black community
Now you're distorting reality, and way off track. They aren't pissed at the black media--Cosby said quite clearly he expects the black media to be the only media neutral in reporting about him, and to uphold high standards of journalism. He was implying the white media is racially biased and distorting things about him for that reason, and only the black media can be trusted to be fair--he was playing the race card.
And Camille used the Rolling Stone rape story to show how the media promotes false allegations. But, in her husband's case, it's the 2 dozen women who've come forward, and spoken out against him, who have created his problems, not the media. The media would be derelict if they didn't cover these women's stories--they're the ones making the news. They can't get his side of the story, because he refuses to talk about it--he hasn't even denied what these women are saying. Bringing up the RS fiasco won't help her husband's case--not with over 24 accusers and more coming out of the woodwork daily.
Quote: I think it is very mean spirited of you to assume that she is trying to save her reputation from a man who you claim cheated on her and probably abused. lots of women.
That's not what I said.
She's trying to save her own reputation and legacy, because she has one to save, quite apart from his.
I don't think you realize what a stunning blow Spelman College just delivered to both Cosbys by removing
both their names from a prestigious professorship chair their $20 million gift to the college helped to endow. And the new Academic Center at Spelman College bears Camille's name, and there is discussion about whether it should continue to bear her name, and whether any association with the now tainted Cosby name is good for the school, even if it's her name--and she hasn't done anything wrong. She's right to be concerned about that possibility, I'm sure she's very proud that Academic Center bears her name and will preserve her memory, and she doesn't want to lose it. In speaking out to defend her husband right now, immediately after what Spelman College did, I think she sees the only way to salvage her own legacy is to defend him--and there's nothing wrong with her trying to do that, or her trying to protect herself.
I'm not mean spirited toward the woman at all--I feel sympathy for her, and the position she's in right now. She's being directly affected by her husband's scandalous mess, that mud is being splattered on her.
So I really don't agree with anything you're saying.
