The legally blind Bill Cosby did not hold back in rebuking both Howard University and the entirety of mainstream media with accusations that the school was somehow not supporting Phylicia Rashad’s freedom of speech, and that the media itself was to blame for the January 6 storming of the Capitol.
(No one who has been arrested in connection with the insurrection is part of the mainstream media, to note.)
Though the statement was technically in defense of his former co-star, it’s not unbelievable to think that Cosby’s comments about the media at large were tied to the mountain of coverage surrounding his release in and of itself, as his release definitely sparked a resurgence in conversations surrounding the variety of sexual assault allegations made against him over the years.