I’ve heard rumors about Bill Cosby for ages, but they benign rumors. There was a secret love child story that didn’t sound worse than an affair. But the rape stories and the pills were new to me and utterly horrific.
The way this story has unfolded was amazing. It wasn’t the result of a major newspaper and investigative journalism. Those guys totally dropped the ball. No, it was a remark by a comedian that went viral. Was it Buzzfeed? I can’t remember. I watched the video. Then the stories started slowly coming to light. Not with the aid of journalists or one lawyer. The stories snowballed. As individuals gathered their courage and told their stories to the press. This was a story that had no leader. There wasn’t a Gloria Allred in the background pulling the strings. It was utterly the product of new media.
I liked Caitlin Flanagan’s article on this topic and why it was so hard to believe these women as individuals, until the pile of stories accumulated.
Apt. 11d 
The rape and drugging stories were around. http://www.vulture.com/2014/09/timeline-of-the-abuse-charges-against-cosby.html I remember hearing them/reading about them on the gossip sites I frequent.
Ah, I thought I remembered that Steve Gilliard (RIP, Steve) had something to say about Cosby. http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2005/05/lets-talk-about-poor-negroes.html
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I’m glad that journalists are reflecting on why they did not cover the Cosby story, but when your confession is that you didn’t ask hard questions in an interview for an airline magazine, I think maybe you are just trying to write yourself into a story.
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