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No Laughing Matter: Inside The Cosby Allegations

NickNack — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 02:41:14 GMT

CNN Special Report "No Laughing Matter: Inside The Cosby Allegations" is on tonight (Feb. 28) at 8:00. It's very interesting. I thought some of you might want to watch or record it.

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NoelSeven — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 02:45:40 GMT

Thanks, I will record it. It's listed for the west coast as being on at 5pm for us.

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NickNack — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 02:47:00 GMT

On 2/28/2015 NoelSeven said: Thanks, I will record it. It's listed for the west coast as being on at 5pm for us.

Thanks for pointing that out. I should have said 8 p.m. Eastern time.

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RainCityGirl — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 02:49:29 GMT

Have you already seen it?

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winamac1 — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 02:54:34 GMT

Is this a repeat? I saw something a month or so ago that looked familiar.

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NickNack — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 02:54:38 GMT

On 2/28/2015 RainCityGirl said:
Have you already seen it?

Yes, I recorded it last week. It's really interesting. It's basically one woman's story, and it's fascinating how he treated her.

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NoelSeven — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 02:54:47 GMT

On 2/28/2015 NickNack said:
On 2/28/2015 NoelSeven said: Thanks, I will record it. It's listed for the west coast as being on at 5pm for us.

Thanks for pointing that out. I should have said 8 p.m. Eastern time.

Not your fault I went to set the DVR and noticed. I din't know why they do it that way.

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NickNack — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 02:55:32 GMT

On 2/28/2015 winamac1 said:
Is this a repeat? I saw something a month or so ago that looked familiar.

It's a repeat, but I didn't know it had been on a month ago. It's probably the same thing, though, if what you saw was an hour show on CNN.

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game-on — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 03:01:52 GMT

Three women have a lawsuit against him. I just read that earlier today.

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NoelSeven — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 03:35:18 GMT

Watching it now. She's believable IMO. A lie doesn't have that many details, plus, at the time, she did tell people what happened to her, including an attorney.

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NickNack — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 03:36:53 GMT

On 2/28/2015 NoelSeven said: Watching it now. She's believable IMO. A lie doesn't have that many details, plus, at the time, she did tell people what happened to her, including an attorney.

Yes, I thought she was very believable, too.

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MickD — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 04:07:04 GMT

Oh thanks NickNack! I'll DVR it! ....crud....it was on at five....I'll see if it's on demand.

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humpty dumpty — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 14:02:17 GMT

I watched this last week and found her story very believable ... he needs to pay for what he has done to all of these women ...

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Lacey1 — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 15:13:03 GMT

Thanks for the heads-up, but I fell asleep right after it started. I didn't have to watch it to believe those women. Way too much smoke, for there to be no fire.

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Mominohio — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 15:28:08 GMT

I certainly don't disbelieve that what these women are claiming didn't happen, in at least some of the cases (you will always have those piling on to make a buck, when they have no grounds), but I remain confounded by the fact that so many women could have, through all these years, kept quiet and this continued to this extent.

I know he was a very powerful man (at one time, anyway), but it seems to me there is either many people making claims that could be unsubstantiated, or we haven't 'come a long way baby'. Each woman who actually experienced these things and said nothing, bears some responsibility for those who were victimized after them. I simply question how this many women were convinced to not speak out, for such a very long period of time. It isn't the 1950's for women, and hasn't been for quite some time. Just makes me question, what is/has been really going on here, and why and how women in this day and age didn't stand up long ago and do the right thing.

I guess, while it may not be popular to say so, if the problem is as far reaching as it is being made to seem, I'm disappointed in my fellow females for allowing this to go on so long, and spread so far. Standing up isn't easy, but I thought we'd come farther than that.

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Lacey1 — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:01:41 GMT

morningohio, I thought the same thing-but I think he was very clever choosing his victims. They wanted to break into show business so bad, that they may have put themselves in a bad position. They probably thought they would be blacklisted forever if they said anything. They might have been victimized before or after by other people. No career is worth that, (to me).

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apple1964 — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:07:08 GMT

I watched some of it.. it was a repeat. I still do not get how some of these women could remember so clearly what happened to them if they said they were drugged? I mean some of these women have said this happened 25 or 30 years ago

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winamac1 — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:34:52 GMT

On 2/28/2015 NickNack said:
On 2/28/2015 winamac1 said:
Is this a repeat? I saw something a month or so ago that looked familiar.

It's a repeat, but I didn't know it had been on a month ago. It's probably the same thing, though, if what you saw was an hour show on CNN.

Thanks!

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winamac1 — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:36:11 GMT

On 3/1/2015 humpty dumpty said:
I watched this last week and found her story very believable ... he needs to pay for what he has done to all of these women ...

I find their story believable too. The only "issue" I have is that some kept going back for more.

He certainly is a total creep, but I think the women wanted to enhance their careers, and they shouldn't have continued the "relationship" with him.

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Pook — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:47:55 GMT

While there are so many and he more than likely seems guilty of most of them, I don't understand why so many were alone with him a a hotel room! There were many who kept hanging out in his hotel room. It doesn't appear it did them any good as most are never heard of s. Can't imagine anyone being so desperate for a career advancement that they would repeatedly go to his room - especially since he was married!! I would be ashamed to admit it.