Rita Cosby has a new mission in life: The Duke University Scandal

[CatWoman]

:eyes:

[DS1]

1. Oh come on! She's a victim of crime!

:eyes:

:sarcasm:

[CottonBear]

2. Good lord, NO! That means she'll be coming to the Southeast.

:scared:

[Jacobin]

3. good

better than yammering on about a girl tragically killed in Aruba months ago

[CatWoman]

5. now, now

she's like a dog with a bone on that one. That will be her second story tonight. :nuke:

[CatholicEdHead]

9. Shhhhhhh

Don't remind her.

[MadMaddie]

17. Oh now don't you think that she gave it up...she is still

reporting on it....

[951-Riverside]

4. Thats amazing change because the victim is black

...or perhaps she doesnt know that yet. In the past unless the victim was a white female with a large family they didnt give a damn.

[Ignacio Upton]

6. Shhhh, don't tell her

If she finds out then it's back to Natalee Holloway all the time on her show.

[Olney Blue]

7. Perhaps she considers the falsely accused "white boys" as the victims.

[951-Riverside]

8. Good Point.

[MadMaddie]

18. Yea...she will report the crime as "a prank" by college boys...

:sarcasm:

[gatorboy]

32. Wow! Bush is short!

Sorry for the hijack but I coulda sworn they said Dubya was 6 ft. I had no idea he was actually Pippin.

[0007]

34. ....and junior uses those Kim Jong Il elevated shoes.

[C_U_L8R]

10. I'm very curious what percentage

of MSNBC viewership immediately turns the
channel as soon as Rita 'Foghorn' Cosby comes on.

I guess if you compared Keith's viewership to hers
you'd have an approximate number.

Anyone know the viewership of both shows?

[Scribe]

16. The ratings according to TVnewser

Total viewers:
       
      5p:     6p:    7p:     8p:     9p:     10p:    
FNC Gibson:  Hume:  Shep:  O'Reilly:  H&C:  Greta
      925    1,175  1,235   2,327    1,398  1,575    
  
MSNBC Hardbl:Abrams:Hardbl: Countdn: Cosby:  Scarb: 
       335    254     409     488     335      318  
 

[C_U_L8R]

19. so it looks like at least 150 thousand immediately change the channel

when Rita comes on. Pretty funny.
could be more.. but I can't imagine that there
are many people who tune in just for her show
(dear god .. what a scary thought)


THX SCRIBE !!!

[newyawker99]

26. Hi Scribe!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Neil Lisst]

28. the instant I hear her voice, I drop everything to find the remote

[Catherine Vincent]

11. Why does this prick on her show now keep bringing up the Kobe case?

[MazeRat7]

12. What - is she going to try in "infiltrate" the LaCrosse club ?

Play like (errr..talk like) "one of the boys" ?

MZr7

[Ecumenist]

13. Well, at least she's Black like me

That's a ocean of change. I believe that ANYONE who's affected by crime, whether it be murder, assault, molestation, kidnapping etc, she have access to whatever media to get the story out and solidify the help of the public to help them solve their problems and get some measure of justice, hopefully. It's about damn time that it appears that the media has noticed the public at large becoming aware of the obvious biases when it comes to coverage of criminal impact against the different cultural, ethnic and ECONOMIC groups in this country.

[DURHAM D]

14. Actually I am glad. Duke needs to have their lid blown off.

The relationship between Duke and Durham is really rocky.

Duke University (and hospital) is the largest (or one of the largest)land owners in the county and because they are affiliated with the Methodist church they don't pay property taxes - including on their first class 18 hole golf course and hotel complex. The result of this (and other favorable policies Duke has engineered or should I say pushed down our throats)is that property taxes for everyone else are very high.

Duke's freshman orientation is not unlike the Bush WH line - be afraid, be very afraid. Don't go out into the awful community - something bad might happen to you. Duke uses this fear to keep income on campus and not spent out in the community. Then Duke complains that Durham isn't up to their standards.

Duke is referred to by the townies as a plantation. I refer to it as St. Michael's Mount.

[KamaAina]

15. Yale used to have a similar situation with respect to New Haven.

For the most part, anyway, used to have. Yale students today generally view New Haven as a suitably diverse community filled with plenty of opportunities to do volunteer work.

Yale also has a PILOT (Payment In Lieu Of Taxes) program which has alleviated the financial impact its nonprofit status has on the city.

The relevance of all this? Duke's new president, Richard Brodhead, came from -- Yale. Let's see if he brings any of that "town-gown" experience with him to Durham.

[DURHAM D]

23. Glad to hear that the town-gown situation for New Haven has

improved. I recently had a conversation with a former New Haven townie who said that Yale is just as bad as Duke. My response was - that can't be true because after all it is "public policy Yale" not "nouveauriche Duke".

I hope Dick is able to make improvements here but I won't hold my breath. The level of institutional arrogance is staggering.

Also, part of the problem is that Durham is 40-45% black and I honestly think that the administration is afraid to allow the kids to go outside the walls.

[KamaAina]

24. New Haven is at least equally diverse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven#Demographics

37% Black, 21% Latino.

Back in the day (before I arrived in '83) Yale literally told students not to go on the stretch of Chapel Street immediately adjacent to campus (in fact, containing the Yale Rep, Arts & Architecture, etc.) Then it got redeveloped, so now it's "safe". What's the holdup down there? The Triangle region as a whole is booming; ironically, it is now a favored destionation for Conn. expats (like the guy you were talking to?)

Another example of an elite university in a diverse and struggling city: Tulane in New Orleans, where it had quietly become the largest employer even before Katrina. Then again, most of the legions of Northern students at Tulane are there specifically to get "outside the walls" and into the city!

[bigwillq]

25. New Haven is very much an improved city

That's all I really wanted to add to this situation.


:hi:

I work and play in New Haven and it's great!

[skooooo]

21. Yup, this is something that should concern everyone.

[LittleClarkie]

20. Actually, that might be encouraging

There were those on another thread who wondered if the likes of Rita Cosby would bother with the Duke story, what with the victims being a couple o' darkies and all.

But then again, I've had thoughts that perhaps I've been to rash in railing against the media's obsession with missing blond girls. There are two missing black boys here in Milwaukee, and for some reason that's made the national news.

Why does the national news pick one story, and ignore another? It seems to arbitrary. They're still avoiding real news and investigative journalism.

[Tinksrival]

22. Not nice but.....

I would love to set Rita up with OJ. I think they are perfect for each other!
She could be her next big story....what a scoop! :evilgrin:

[Neil Lisst]

27. Rita and Greta are the Dumpster Divers of Cable News

[mondo joe]

29. The fact that there may be a legitimate crime won't stop Rita from

sensationalizing it.

<shudder>

[harpo]

30. good for her...I won't be watching...arubaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Chiyo-chichi]

31. Here's a photo of Rita reporting from Duke...

[Catherine Vincent]

33. I'm waiting on Rita to call the Duke guys as "hoodlums".