Bill Cosby Now Hoping ‘Black Media’ Will Keep ‘Neutral Mind’

An “upbeat” Bill Cosby declined to address mounting sexual assault charges against him to Page Six Saturday, but did have one or two things to say about this here media.

“Let me say this,” Cosby told Stacy Brown, after admitting his attorneys had advised him not to talk to the press. “I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that you have to go in with a neutral mind.”

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He also praised the fortitude of his wife Camille throughout the metastasizing allegations.

“Love and the strength of womanhood,” he said. “Let me say it again, love and the strength of womanhood. And, you could reverse it, the strength of womanhood and love.”

ABC News has selected audio of the interview:

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[h/t Page Six]

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