BILL COSBY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST BLACK MEDIA, NOW BEING ACCUSED OF "RAPING" THE BLACK COMMUNITY

By Mona Austin

Bill Cosby

 Having finally broken his silence this week after a two month media circus around rape and drugging allegations,  Cosby said the African American media in particular should be impartial in an interview with New York Post reporter Stacy Brown this week. "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 did not get into the allegations he said er his attorney's advisement.   Bill Cosby's lawyers are now trying to clarify remarks their client made about the Black press. Both Camille Cosby, his wife and their daughter defended Mr. Cosby, alluding to the failure of media to report fairly. But his attorneys say Cosby's comment about Black media are being misconstrued by MSNBC Contributor Michael Eric Dyson.  Dyson said Cosby's views about Black America are "hurtful" and "unjust." “The very kind of man who would rape women, allegedly, is the same kind of man who will rape an entire black community, poor black people who are vulnerable before him, using his powerful foot to

Michael Eric Dyson

clump down on their necks,” Dyson Said.  Attorney John P. Schmitt called Dyson’s comments “mean-spirited” and “reckless”in a statement that calls on journalists to challenge Dyson's rhetoric. Brown said

Statement for Attorney John P. Schmitt:

Mr. Cosby’s comments to Stacy Brown which were reported in the New York Post on December 14 continue to be misconstrued in a way that can only call into question the fair-mindedness of certain commentators. As previously noted, Mr. Brown identified himself to Mr. Cosby as a free-lance reporter for a number of African-American media. 

To be clear, Mr. Cosby did not ask for special treatment from the African-American media. To the contrary, he asked that they adhere to journalistic standards and approach the story in a neutral manner – without a predisposition on either side of the story. It is of course what we would expect of all media. Those words, which are clear on their face and with which any fair-minded person would have to agree, have now been the source of even greater criticism of Mr. Cosby.
In perhaps the most egregious example, Michael Eric Dyson, who has been a persistent critic of Mr. Cosby’s call for responsibility in the African-American community, has stated that Mr. Cosby’s request for neutrality is part of what he calls Mr. Cosby’s “rape [of the ] entire black community.” Mr. Cosby understands that Mr. Dyson does not agree with Mr. Cosby’s views, but such mean-spirited and reckless rhetoric cannot go unchallenged by responsible people and journalists.

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