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The NYT reports that New York Magazine website went off-line hours after posting a story featuring 35 women who have accused the comedian Bill Cosby of sexual abuse and the article was inaccessible on Monday morning. "Our site is experiencing technical difficulties. We are aware of the issue, and working on a fix," the magazine posted to its main Twitter account early Monday morning.
A user called Vikingdom2016 claimed responsibility for a DOS attack on the site and said the attack was based on a hatred for New York, and was not related to the cover that features Mr. Cosby's accusers. As the website remained off-line, editors were working to find other ways to publish the piece, which the magazine said took six months of work.
On Monday morning, the magazine began posting audio related to the cover article on Instagram. The story is available at Web.Archive.Org's Wayback Machine.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Tuesday July 28 2015, @07:38PM
That kind of thing is apparently very common [go.com] in the entertainment industry, especially when child actors submit to abuse "willingly" because the abusers dangle fame and fortune over their heads in exchange for the abuse.
Fame, money, and connections will have that kind of perceived invincibility effect on a predator -- especially one with a wholesome image like Bill Cosby whose personality and father-figure aura would enable him to more readily earn the trust of his prey.
(Score: 2) by mendax on Tuesday July 28 2015, @08:08PM
I recall some article I read a while back where Corey Feldman tells a story about how his friend Corey Haim told him about how was raped by some Hollywood pervert on a studio lot when he was 11. Very disturbing to read about this happening to a child.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by jcm on Tuesday July 28 2015, @09:05PM
Hollywood is a paradise for paedophiles.
Producers can easily exert their influence on young actors.
http://whatculture.com/film/10-disturbing-truths-you-didnt-know-about-the-movie-industry.php/6 [whatculture.com]