I’m not voting for Bloomberg but I am literally not mad that he is spending some of his billions reminding voters all the time how terrible Trump is.  Carry on, Mike.

The media is not a monolith. While there were plenty who avoided mentioning the allegations when he was alive, there was also a vocal minority that discussed them candidly whenever he was in the news. For example, the article Sonmez tweeted was written in 2016, specifically timed to raise these uncomfortable questions…

So she’s endorsing the fact that he was accused of rape? What the hell are you even talking about?

I can’t see Zion Williamson getting away with what Kobe did in 2003 today in 2020

I’m unsure what you’re looking for, then. She didn’t say he’s a rapist. The article she tweeted didn’t say he’s a rapist. As far as I can tell, your issue is that she stuck to journalistic standards, but that she did it in a way that you personally found objectionable? A way that didn’t appear to have anything to do…

I guess if you ignore the blood, the semen, the bruises, the fact that he lied to the police about it, and the fact that HE APOLOGIZED, then I suppose you could believe that...

She didn’t say that. She linked to an article about the case from the Daily Beast. But apparently we can’t talk about that because it’s too soon or something. 

Again, what is your goal, here? It really sounds like you simply don’t want people to discuss that he was a credibly accused rapist.

They already have

You still haven’t provided any evidence that she actually called him a rapist (or that he wasn’t one).

She didn’t say “Kobe Bryant was a rapist”. Nor did she say “Kobe Bryant was an alleged rapist.” She didn’t say anything, actually. She just retweeted a well-reported article about the rape case, without comment.

The tweet didn’t call him a rapist. The article didn’t call him a rapist. And there’s a world of difference between calling someone an alleged rapist and calling them a rapist-that’s how journalism works.

literally all she did was share an article tho? one that was written years ago by somebody else?

She posted a link to an article that someone else wrote. She will suffer more punishment than Kobe did for actually raping someone.

Nobody said he wasn’t a good basketballman. His art remains untouched. But he still was a rapist, too, and his death or career do not change that. It’s fine to focus on the stuff you like, but your focus does not make the stuff outside less true or relevant.

A few things: A journalist can say what they want, if they are doing so in their capacity as a private citizen. Beyond that, she didn’t say he was a rapist. She retweeted a story about the rape case brought against him.

Yeah, at the very least that didn’t fit into a story alongside mistakes like showing a video of the wrong Black guy.

That’s what I was wondering, too. I can understand why she made a “mistake” from the aspect of crossing a specific company policy regarding screenshots, but that’s not really pertinent to Kobe’s death.

In what the fuck way did Sonmez make a mistake? Ifl Michael Harriot, but don't act like Kobe didn't rape someone. 

Wouldn’t it be great if people were even remotely this worked up about Prince Andrew?