Talk:Rita Cosby

Her exit
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)

Her career: a plea for fairer, better-quality contributions
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)

Trip to Iraq with the WWE
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)

Looking into this
Please relax for a few hours... --Jimbo Wales (talk) 20:15, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * 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)

Fox News Channel
From 1995 to 2005, Cosby worked at Fox News. At Fox, she hosted both The Big Story Weekend Edition and Fox News Live with Rita Cosby.

She has interviewed more than a dozen world leaders, conducting historic back to back interviews with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. She was the first reporter to see prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay and even interviewed Serbian president Slobodan Milošević who called her from his prison cell at the Hague. Years earlier, while broadcasting live from Belgrade during the NATO bombing, she broke the news that three American POWs were going to be released.

Cosby also made national headlines for her interviews with boxer Mike Tyson, singer Michael Jackson, and convicted serial killer David Berkowitz, "The Son of Sam," who wrote to her during the Washington, D.C. sniper shootings in October 2002. As that story unfolded, Cosby secured another major first, by reporting the names and license plate numbers of the sniper suspects. In 2001, Cosby's interview with flight attendant Anne Marie Smith, led to a U.S. Attorney's Office investigation of Rep. Gary Condit for obstruction of justice and witness tampering.

Cosby served as a lead reporter during the 1996 and 2000 Presidential campaigns. During the Monica Lewinsky investigation, she broke the news that President Bill Clinton was going to be subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury.

Cosby rose to weekend anchor and senior correspondent.

Request for sourcing
May we have sourcing for this inclusion? Regards, NonvocalScream (talk) 17:13, 19 March 2008 (UTC)


 * http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7845035/
 * http://insidecable.blogsome.com/2005/05/13/official-cosby-to-join-msnbc/
 * http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117922709.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
 * Might not cover everything, but then again, I only spent a minute looking for stuff. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 17:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Here's a saved google cache of MSNBC's bio: http://www.billbarol.com/Cosby.html Sancho 19:08, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Birth Surname
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)

The name of her father is Ryszard Kossobudzki. He change name after he came to the U.S. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.150.63.223 (talk) 12:23, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Pending changes
This article is one of a number (about 100) selected for the early stage of the trial of the Pending Changes system on the English language Wikipedia. All the articles listed at Pending changes/Queue  are being considered for level 1 pending changes protection.

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Comments on the suitability of theis page for "Penfding changes" would be appreciated.

Please update the Queue page as appropriate.

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).

Libel Suit over book is on Howard K. Stern page and needs to be updated on Cosby's page
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)JoeyD201007:01, 8 April 2011 (UTC)~
 * 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)

Jack Kevorkian is dead but it claims he's still in jail? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.142.4.22 (talk) 22:10, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

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

Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2017
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)Irene Rogers, Director of Publicity at Inside Edition IreneRogers (talk) 15:24, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg 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)

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Semi-protected edit request on 20 November 2020
Her age is now 56, not 55. Jhunter92 (talk) 00:37, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Not sure why it wasn't updating that, but it should be good now. &#8209;&#8209; El Hef  ( Meep? ) 01:06, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

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

Rita Cosby
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)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 March 2022
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)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. AwfulReader (talk) 14:04, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

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