. >> bill cosby nicknamed america's dad will now face his first criminal trial for alleged sexual assault. >> reports say he drugged and sexually amanda constand back in 2004 and she is one of more than 50 women who have made similar, remarkably similar allegations against cosby. "usa today" called it 9 biggest celebrity case since michael jackson and the media interest. be intense given his tarnished status as an icon. i hope my profession does not put itself on trial but turning this criminal case interest an ago -- o.j.-like situation. >> a special shout out to our vans and members of the military on this memorial day weekend. thank you for your service. we posted a lot of original content on facebook. you may want to talk about donald trump's twitter feed, or maybe you already have. look forward to enjoying your weekend a >>> a grateful nation pauses to honor the generations of men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve our freedom. our laura ingle in for harris faulkner and this is "the fox report." a moving tribute in our nation's capital. a motorcycle rally known as

bill cosby, once nicknamed america's dad, will now face his first criminal trial for alleged sexual assault. cosby was escorted into the courtroom today, surrounded by cameras, police and in the crowd, some of his supporters. his defense team arguing sometimes shouting that the evidence is not there. abc's linsey davis was in the courtroom. >> reporter: bill cosby greeted fans, waving, but walking into court today, not knowing if the first criminal trial against him would proceed. guided into the courtroom, where a pennsylvania district judge ordered the embat to stand trial on charges of sexual assault. andrea constand, the woman at the heart of the case, who alleges cosby sexually assaulted her, was not present in court today. instead, portions of her statements to pennsylvania detectives from 2005 were read in course, alleging cosby told her to drink wine and take herbal medication before the alleged assault. during the three and a half hour hearing, at times the defense shouted and pointed out multiple inconsistencies, saying when constand was given the chance to review her statements,

. >> bill cosby, once nicknamed america's dad, will now face his first criminal trial for alleged sexualgged and assaulted amanda constand in his suburban philadelphia mansion back in 2004. she, of course, is one of more than just 50 women who have made similar, remarkably similar allegations against cosby. "usa today" called this the biggest celeb case since michael jackson and the media interest will be intense given cosby's tarnished status as a tv trail blazers and cultural icon. i just hope, and maybe this is wishful thinking, i just hope my profession doesn't put itself on trial by turning this criminal case into an o.j.-like media circus. well, that's it for this edition of "media buzz." i'm howard kurtz in washington. thanks for joining us, and a special shout-out to our veterans and members of military on this memorial day weekend. thank you for your service. hope you'll like our facebook page, just talked about facebook. post a lot of original content there. part of your buzz teach. e-mail us at mediabuz mediabuzz @foxnews.com. i may respond or maybe you want to talk about trum