Bill Cosby was framed, because he was planning to buy one of the nations biggest television networks. Bill Cosby is a black icon who was about to make big moves, and this is the reason why I feel this whole case is a scandal. Opposionist will argue that there is enough evidence provided against Bill Cosby to see that he is guilty, but I disagree.With his acting reputation, along with his fan base, Bill Cosby would've brought the NBC network back to the top of charts. With NBC being partially his, Dr.Bill Cosby’s net worth would've been increasing along with the networks ratings. Another fact that supports my position is that, one of the first actions to happen following the incident, was most of Bill Cosby's shows were took off air in numerous …show more content…
Knowing that he has avoided a case back in the days, the media knew the world wouldn’t be behind Bill again especially if fifty-five women come out saying the same thing. Phylicia Rashad also says “And now you’re seeing it being destroyed,” she said. “Why? This show represented America to the outside world. This was the American family." …show more content…
Sources say “The once-beloved comedian today says that Tamara Green, Therese Serignese, Linda Traitz, Louisa Moritz, Barbara Bowman, Joan Tarshis, and Angela Leslie cost him his comeback. In a court documents Monday, the widely accused Bill Cosby asserts he “neither drugged nor sexually assaulted” the seven women. In fact, Cosby now is suing them back in federal court in Massachusetts for a wide range of damages and injunctions — including publicly “retracting and correcting” their accusations of sexual assault. And he is convinced it was their words and actions that cost him high-profile gigs on NBC and Netflix”(Patten.3). Cosby is claiming that these women not only slandered his name to the public, but they did it in hot pursuit of him losing his contracts with Netflix and NBC. Cosby also claims that he never sexually assaulted or drugged any of these seven women listed here and seeks punitive damages for the troubles he’s faced since these women have made their claims. The women not only assassinated Bill’s character, but did it in an attempt to increase their networth and relevance. Bill still fights a list of charges, and we still await on the Courts order, but hopefully justice will be served and the real crooks behind this will be exposed and punished for such a horrible plan to ruin another African-Americans name and
The controversy is talked about so much because no one would think that the athlete would do some of the crimes they did. No one expects the athlete to do such a thing because we
In the article, “What Bill Cosby Taught Me about Sexual Violence and Flying”, Kiese Laymon’s main pitch is that racial issue and sexual violence are intermingled issues that are still current in our nation today. The way the author styled this article makes it very unique, but also encourages the reader to want to read this piece all the way to the ending. The way that this essay is styled is a personal narrative. This article responds to sexual violence and racism in our nation and makes his issue known that it is a part of everyday society and there can be harmful repercussions such as alcoholism and suicidal thoughts.
This Black Sox Scandal trial was a very interesting trial I had wanted to know about for the longest time. In writing this paper I mainly referred to the site, http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/blacksox/blacksox.html
Since its start, the television industry has been criticized for perpetuating myths and stereotypes about African-Americans through characterizations, story lines, and plots. The situation comedy has been the area that has seemed to draw the most criticism, analysis, and disapproval for stereotyping. From Sanford and Son and The Jefferson’s in the 1970s to The Cosby Show (1984) and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the 1990s, sitcoms featuring black casts and characters have always been controversial. However, their significance upon our American culture cannot be disregarded. During the 1950s and 1960s, 97% of the families were Caucasian. In the first five years of the 1990s, nearly 14% of the television families were African-American (Bryant 2001). These statistics obviously show the substantial impact our American culture has had on African-American television families.
Starting on the day of the murder, the media began to attack Sheppard on any occasion they could. Stories were obtained in unethical, and nearly unlawful ways. Even though they were permitted to do so by the courts, going into Sheppard's house and looking through his belongings was not the most ethical practice. Also, though the courts also allowed them to witness the testimony of Sheppard about his wife's death, they really shouldn't have agreed. Stories were written in an unscrupulous manner. The "trial before the trial" was a meeting between the coroner, Samuel Gerber, and Sheppard, in which Gerber fired questions at Sheppard in front of the entire community -- without Sheppard's lawyer present. The media was allowed to sit in on ...
In the last three years alone the list of the accused included Dante Bichette, Barry Bonds, John Daly, Scottie Pippen, Jose Conseco, Bobby Cox, Mike Tyson, Warren Moon, Michael Cooper, Darryl Strawberry, Duane Causwell, Olden Polynice, Robert Parish, and OJ Simpson( Callahan, Sports Ilustrated). And these are only the pro athletes whose wives had the courage to report the violence.
The media was really involved with this case, and many Americans had different opinions on what should happen to all the defendants, and of course the final decisions was that they were found guilty of conspiracy. Although, nothing much really happened after they got arrested it important to understand a couple of things.
A) The condemnation of James Earl Ray has been a cover up has deceived the public for over 30 years, James Earl Ray is an innocent man who was caught in the web of a government conspiracy.
When the FBI looked at it they thought that it was just right that she was getting convicted because they thought that she did it, too. They didn’t like Patty Hearst case because her father Randolph Apperson Hearst was a newspaper heir worldwide, so they kidnapped his daughter to get back at him that he was famous. The SLA wanted to be famous, so they kidnapped his daughter to be famous around the world. When they knew nobody would help her, they just convicted her because they thought she was the one that robbed the
This case was publicized way too much on national television. Just like the rape case for the Kobe Bryant trial, there was way too much media involvement, resulting in the leak of the victim’s name which started the case to downhill from there. If the media was not heavily involved which led to the victim being pressured by scrutiny and threats, Kobe Bryant probably would have been convicted of rape with the victim being a witness on the stand with her testimony.
The show has also been under the scope because according to some scholars it is extremely sexist. They believe that Madison’s character has
A newspaper came out that was titled “After the Verdict, the Doubts; Black Women Show Little Sympathy for Tyson’s Accuser”. In the article, there was a Black female close to Washington’s that also blamed the raping on her. She said “Eighteen-year-olds are not naive in this day and age, I know what guys want at 2 o’clock in the morning. Where has she been, living in a closet? … Even if he did do it, I feel no sympathy for her” (Gillium, 79). She was also accused of breaking a pageant rule that was put in her place for protection, Kevin Brown stated that if she had followed the rules, this whole thing would have not happened. Washington then categorized as a gold digger. She was also categorized as a sellout by the community, and if she in fact had been raped she should have been quiet about it in order to protect Tyson. During the trial, Washington was subjected to racist and sexist maltreatment. Washington was isolated by the public and dehumanizing comments made by Tyson were ignored. Washington was left to suffer alone and in silence while Tyson was defended by the public despite his history of objection and abuse of women
In recent news of Bill Cosby, the national enquirer released a frightening article written by you. It references a book by the aunt of Bill’s daughter Autumn Jackson that claims he had his son murdered after his son threatened to reveal sickening details about Bill’s life. When stating that a journalist should always speak the truth and then report it, your information
Mostly the people who supported R. Kelly information was selected for the news media and the information from the nonsupporters were not selected by the news media. In this case the information was bias to supporting R. Kelly even though he had film a sex tape urinating on a fourteen year old girl. It was ironic that the people would still support R. Kelly after such an incident, but his case was viewed on a racial manner rather than having sex with an underage teenager. The news media was able to view the lawyer sly ways of dealing with the jury to help R. Kelly win his case.
Bill Cosby, a renowned and loved comedian, lost his credibility, had titles with acclaimed colleges revoked, and worst of all: Cosby damaged his public image beyond repair. These allegations of rape, sexual abuse, drugging women, and all-around sexual misconduct continue to haunt him as he keeps silent on the case that surrounds him. What if Cosby spoke at length about the allegations instead of simply telling the public "I don't talk about it" (Rhodan, “Bill Cosby on Rape Allegations”, time.com)? This goes to show that atonement is an important element of life. The myriad of women who bravely came forth to tell the truth would have an easier life, with the chance to have to closure. Cosby refuses to speak truthfully about his actions or cooperate with the public and the women, leaving many to conjecture about his guilt. As of April 2016, Bill Cosby will go forward in a preliminary hearing on May 24, 2016 where he is charged with drugging and sexually assaulting women. There is no set date for the trail yet, but it would be in the latter portion of 2016 or early 2017. As a