A biography published that year by veteran journalist Mark Whitaker, the longtime editor of Newsweek, focused entirely on his family life and achievements. “Historians will measure the seismic impact of The Cosby Show on the entertainment industry and on American society,” Whitaker wrote. The New York Times, reviewing it in September of 2014, called it “a wonderfully thorough biography of America’s most accomplished comedian”. On 16 October 2014, in a low-lit club in Cosby’s hometown of Philadelphia, another comedian’s rape joke about Cosby had gone viral. Meanwhile, Cosby had elevated his role to public moralist, holding forth on masculinity and self-discipline around the country.

Source: The Guardian April 27, 2018 16:00 UTC