Talk:Rita Cosby

message: Why is she leaving MSNBC? -Amit, 04/02/07
Her contract was not renewed.  I had put this on her page, but it was removed (perhaps by a fan). 72.94.95.190 22:15, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Her exit

message: Someone who is familiar with Cosby's work, please add some details of her most famous interviews. That would help someone like me to glean useful information (that's the point here, right?) I depend on Wikipedia, since I have no TV and hadn't heard of her at all until today.
I was disappointed to see that while everyone's arguing about her voice, the comments on her career are left without even basic editing help. The one about her interview with the Jacksons doesn't even scan grammatically. Since I know nothing about the situation, I can't fix it, though I suspect it should end with something like "was being announced." Maybe I'll go look it up and change it. [Done.]
Meanwhile, I'd like to remind folks that it is not fair to treat female news professionals as if they are gossip-rag targets while treating males as professionals. This includes deciding what counts as relevant. Why is Cosby's brother relevant? (I removed his mention; if you feel there's reason to include him, you can add him back with that relevant info.) I did an informal perusal of news anchors and newscasters in Wikipedia and see there is wide variation on personal info, though far more women than men get personal details--such as marriages, dating and kids--put in their bios. I found only one man with that info, and it was in a special "Trivia" section!
Thanks for listening! Unclepea 17:58, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Her career: a plea for fairer, better-quality contributions

message: I think her trip to Iraq which I believe was in 2005, or it might have been in 2006 should be added to the article,You can pretty much find a source by typing her name in with wwe or add iraq in with wwe and rita cosby  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.156.178.76 (talk) 21:50, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trip to Iraq with the WWE 

message: Please relax for a few hours... --Jimbo Wales (talk) 20:15, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Jimbo, I'm a bit confused as to why this was protected, seeing as how the only three edits this year have been to bring the article more into line with BLP. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 21:22, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Looking into this 

message: Is/was Cosby her surname by birth?  It's not common in Poland, which makes me wonder. 138.162.128.53 (talk) 12:18, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth Surname 

message: This article is one of a  number (about 100) selected for the early stage of the trial of the Wikipedia:Pending Changes system on the English language Wikipedia. All the articles listed at Wikipedia:Pending changes/Queue   are being considered for level 1 pending changes protection.
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Note that I am not involved in this project any much more than any other editor, just posting these notes since it is quite a big change, potentially
Regards, Rich Farmbrough, 23:45, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Pending changes

message: As it appears and is documented on the page for Howard K. Stern
Libel lawsuit
Journalist Rita Cosby alleged in the book Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death, released on September 4, 2007, that Smith's nannies revealed a sex tape existed of Howard K. Stern and former rival Larry Birkhead engaged in a homosexual relationship. However, a lawyer for the nannies threatened to file suit, claiming that the nannies never spoke about such an encounter between Stern and Birkhead.[23] After Stern filed a $60 million libel suit against Cosby and her publisher in October 2007,[24] a spokesperson for the nannies claimed that Cosby offered bribes in an unsuccessful attempt to contact the nannies.[25]
In July 2009, in a court hearing on whether to dismiss the lawsuit, Stern's attorney claimed that in deposition of the suits Cosby admitted there was no videotape and could not prove other allegations.Cosby replied to the Stern lawsuit by saying "…we are solid on our facts more than ever…we are sure of what we have. I think it's pretty surprising that these guys would launch some frivolous lawsuit to deflect and to smear and to intimidate and it's not going to work."[26] The book was a New York Times bestseller.[27] In August 2009 federal judge Denny Chin ruled that "Cosby's actions are extremely troubling, and suggest that she was attempting to obstruct justice by tampering with witnesses" and allowed most of Stern's US$60 million lawsuit against Cosby and her publisher, Hachette, to proceed.[28] Three months later the lawsuit was withdrawn as settled but no information has been released on the terms of this out-of-court settlement.
^ "Anna Nicole nannies sue Rita Cosby over sex tape scandal". New York Daily News. 2007-10-09. http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/10/09/2007-10-09_anna_nicole_nannies_sue_rita_cosby_over_.html.  
^ "Howard K. Stern sues Rita Cosby for $60M over Birkhead gay sex claim". Fox News. 2007-10-03. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,299104,00.html.  
^ Greta Van Susteren (2007-10-12). "Spokesman for Anna Nicole's Nannies Goes 'On the Record'". Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301383,00.html.  
^ "Rita Cosby Fires Back at Lawsuit, Compares Anna Nicole to Britney Spears". ExtraTV.com. 2007-10-04. http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/10/new_rita.php. Retrieved 2007-10-08.  
^ "NY Times Best Seller List". Longview Public Library. 2007-09-30. http://www.longview.lib.tx.us/Newweb/library_templates/circnyt.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-08.  
^ Judge Chin's comments re Cosby's book 
Cosby's page says 3 months after the libel suit was filed, Stern's page seems to be well documented that the suit was settled over 2 years later and just before it was to go to trial.
Thanks for any help on what we need to do.
JoeyD2010 (talk) 07:01, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: What is on one page does not mean the same material should be included on another page.  When dealing with lawsuits, especially those between parties that are both living, Wikipedia should not serve as a documentary source on a particular suit.  This is doubly so when allegations of defamation and undisclosed court settlements are involved.  Our job is to include prose in a tone adequate to the subject, in this case a book and relevant material is included there.  Subsections on lawsuits are as unwelcome as controversy/criticism sections.  They should not stand alone as they are inherently POV.  Keegan (talk) 06:34, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Libel Suit over book is on Howard K. Stern page and needs to be updated on Cosby's page 

message: Substituted at 04:29, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: Despite what is stated on her social media profiles, Rita Cosby is not currently nor has been a Special Correspondent at Inside Edition. Inside Edition kindly requests that that paragraph is removed from her Wikipedia page. See paragraph to be removed, below. Thank you. 
Inside Edition
Currently, Cosby is a Special Correspondent for the CBS syndicated program Inside Edition. She has been filing reports for the show since 2007, interviewing newsmakers from multiple locations across the United States.[3]
IreneRogers (talk) 15:24, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Done My revert is based on the claim was not supported by the reference posted, however this edit request prompted me to take a look. - FlightTime (open channel) 15:39, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2017 

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message: Her age is now 56, not 55. Jhunter92 (talk) 00:37, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure why it wasn't updating that, but it should be good now. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 01:06, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 20 November 2020 

message: Correct spelling of Cosmpopolitan to Cosmopolitan. STFfan (talk) 03:57, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Cannolis (talk) 07:47, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 23 December 2021 

message: She became the anchor of Newsmax Saturday Report on January 20 2022 2600:8805:2004:B00:9C2D:B619:9E76:EB10 (talk) 14:57, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rita Cosby 

message: change:
Rita Cosby (born November 18, 1964) is a television news anchor and correspondent, radio host, and best selling author. She is currently a special correspondent for the CBS syndicated program Inside Edition, specializing in interviewing newsmakers and political figures. 
To:
Rita Cosby (born November 18, 1964) is a television news anchor and correspondent, radio host, and best selling author.  Formerly a special correspondent for the CBS syndicated program Inside Edition, She is now hosting the Rita Cosby radio show on 77 WABC and a frequent host on Newsmax. 69.200.249.108 (talk) 00:29, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. AwfulReader (talk) 14:04, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 4 March 2022 

message: Newsmax Saturday Report 2022 24.198.187.66 (talk) 13:40, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current job