CNN's Don Lemon might as well have asked Joan Tarshis, "Did you try not getting raped by Bill Cosby?

[patricia92243]

CNN's Don Lemon might as well have asked Joan Tarshis, "Did you try not getting raped by Bill Cosby?"

After patting himself on the back for doing his job, Lemon did more of what he sees his job entails when he shared this exchange with Tarshis, who went public this week with allegations that Cosby raped her in 1969, while interviewing her earlier tonight:


Lemon: Can I ask you this? And please, I don't mean to be crude, OK?

Tarshis: Yeah.

Lemon: You said this last night, that he — you lied to him and said, "I have an infection, and if you rape me, or if you do — if you have intercourse with me, then you will probably get it and give it to your wife."

Tarshis: Right.

Lemon: You said he made you perform oral sex.

Tarshis: Right.

Lemon: You — you know, there are ways not to perform oral sex if you didn't want to do it.

Tarshis: I was kind of stoned at the time, and quite honestly, that didn't even enter my mind. Now I wish it would have.

Lemon: Right. Meaning the using of the teeth, right?

Tarshis: Yes...I didn't even think of it.

Lemon: Biting.

Tarshis: Ouch.

Lemon: Yes. I had to ask.


Did you, though, Don?

This is causing an outrage on Twitter because telling a person who says she's been raped how she could have avoided it is absolutely outrageous

[shenmue]

1. I wrote to CNN

They have a 'Contact Us' section at their site. I'm sure they heard from a lot of people today.

[SummerSnow]

2. WTF???!!

Lemon: You — you know, there are ways not to perform oral sex if you didn't want to do it.

** So he is saying she wanted it cause she didn't use her teeth**


misogynist asshole

[randys1]

3. NO man will EVER be asked something like that or similar

I have a friend who ran into Cosby and it was who was going to get to use the tennis courts, my friend who reserved them, or Cosby who all but told my friend he was way more important than him and his time was way more valuable so reservation or not, etc

I think that level of entitlement and arrogance may have led him to think he could demand sex anytime he wanted to...


I dont want that to be true, because the Coz is such a huge part of my life..."Why Is Their Air?"

[niyad]

5. I remember meeting him years ago, and telling him how much I enjoyed his comedy (the redcoats bit

was my favourite). will never listen to another of his routines ever.

[niyad]

4. I hope cnn's switchboards and internets are inundated today. what a p****.

[iandhr]

6. Someone posted on this on another site.

Called it the equal opportunity of stupidity

[JustAnotherGen]

7. This was the subject line of a thread

That I was waiting to kick and rec.


It says it all.

Shame on him.