MCN Curated Headlines Archive for November, 2014
“My job as a journalist was to turn down that assignment. down. If I was not going to do the work to tell the truth about the guy, I should not have let him prattle on about his new book at the time. But I did not turn it down. I did the interview and took the money. Mr. Cosby was not interested in being questioned, in being challenged in any way.”
David Carr Writes That He’s “Calling Out Bill Cosby’s Media Enablers, Including Myself”
“Our Hollyblogs are written by independent bloggers and represent their own views. Their blogs are edited, but not with the same scrutiny as staff writers who do represent TheWrap… In taking responsibility for having offended readers, I am changing the headline to something more in line with the substance of the blog. If Stellar wants to soften some of his language, he can do so.”
Sharon Waxman Doubles Down On Shabbily-Written Cosby Blog, Testifying That Bloggers On The Wrap Are Not Held To Account
“These people are prodding and pushing people and asking people to have a frathouse mentality. Now suppose someone brings a weapon or decided to do more foolishness. There will be announcements made and the stations made some disclaimers, but what if people don’t listen to what they said and they entice violence. That’s not good for anyone.”
Bill Cosby Fears Violence
“Cosby’s detractors and accusers smack of something else than truth—they carry the faint aroma of deceit, selective memory, and blind ambition.”
The Wrap Publishes Badly-Written Guest Column That’s Less Pro-Cosby And Anti-Media Than Pro-Rape; Opens With The Glittering Lede, “Bill Cosby Raped Me”
“Mr. Cox and Ms. Ansari, incompatibly untidy and firmly convinced that separate spaces are the key to marital bliss, have each claimed a bedroom. For people who like knowing more than they should, the couple tryst in a studio they keep on the 45th floor.”
Peering Into The Brooklyn Home Life Of Brian Cox
“The very fact that there are problems with pictures is the reason that we’re in business.”
Richard Soames, 78, “one of the great éminences grises of the film industry,” Ran Film Finances Production Guarantor That Insured Shooting Of Platoon, Baron Munchausen, Nightmare On Elm Street, The Outsiders, The Terminator, Robocop
“I know many people are tired of me not saying anything, but a guy does not have to answer to innuendo.”
Standing O In Florida For Cosby
“The heart of great filmmaking is editing, and Jerry was a great editor. He also had another gift, which was to form relationships with the subjects of our films. He could connect. He was able to balance his great sense of humor with an ability to listen to what people have to say.”
Rick Kogan On Late Kartemquin Films Co-Founder Jerry Blumenthal
“I fell in with some bad people. It happens. Every time something like that happens, you swear it’s not going to happen again. But the problem is, they always come up with new ways to —- you. You think, ‘OK, they’re never going to —- you that way again.’ Well, they’re probably not, but they’re going to find a new way. It’s hard to protect yourself completely.”
Paul Schrader Doesn’t Disparage Dying Of The Light
“The pubic hand-wringing going on right now makes sense. If you acknowledge even the faintest role Cosby has had in sculpting your perception of blackness, class, jazz, jazziness, Ray Charles, Shakespeare, the living legacy of the civil rights movement—how would you begin to reject that? This is where, for me, the crux of the situation —this Cosby shit, to quote a disgusted colleague— differs from the case of a Roman Polanski or Woody Allen or R. Kelly. Polanski, Allen, and Kelly have given us art. Cosby gave America a vivid new way to see itself.”
Rembert Brown And Wesley Morris Go Long On “The Bill Cosby Issue”