those in the know included mark whitaker, who did not find room in his almost 500-page biography to address accusations that mr. cosby had assaulted numerous women. whitaker then responded to the omission for the first time by tweeting this -- "david, you are right. i was wrong not to deal with the sexual assault charges against cosby and pursue them more aggressively." carr also calls himself an enabler of the alleged mistruths when it comes to cosby. and those in the know also included me. cnn has obtained a sworn deposition bill cosby gave in 2005 as part of an ongoing civil suit brought by former temple university employee andrea constand. that suit ultimately was settled. but in this deposition cosby says that a media outlet suppressed another woman's story at his request. cosby was asked, what is your understanding of the agreement that you had with the "national enquirer" concerning your exclusive interview? "i would give them an exclusive story, my words. what would they give you in return? they would not print the story of -- print best story." accuser beth ferier says her story wa

those in the know included mark whitaker who did not find room in his almost 500-page biography to addressations that mr. cosby had assaulted numerous women. whitaker then responded to the omission for the first time by tweeting this -- david, you were right, i was wrong not to deal with the sexual assault charges against cosby and pursue them more aggressively. carr also called himself an enabler of the alleged mistruths when it comes to cosby. and those in the know also included me. cnn has obtained a sworn deposition bill cosby gave in 92005 as part of an ongoing civil suit brought by former temple university employee andrea constant. the suit was settled but in the deposition, cosby says that a media outlet suppressed another woman's story at his request. cosby was asked, what is your understanding of the agreement that you had with the "national enquirer" concerning your exclusive interview? i would give them an exclusive story, my words. what would they give you in return? they would not print the story of -- print best story. accuser beth farrier says her story was dropped from publ

magazine and television journalist mark whitaker who used to work for cnn, in his newly released authorized biography of bill cosby doesn't touch the topic. >> he's been a pioneer in so many areas. the cosby show was so big that people forget all the other ways in which he, you know, advanced entertainment. >> reporter: whitaker isn't alone. bob huber, former writer for philadelphia magazine admits in his 2006 profile of cosby, he didn't question the star about accusations. >> you were doing this big profile. you got invited to spend time with cosby, but you weren't allowed to ask him questions? >> right. >> reporter: in a recent column "new york times" columnist david carr criticizes whitaker but also calls himself an enabler in not reporting misdeeds by cosby. those in the know also included me. whitaker also agrees with carr tweeting, david, you were right. i was wrong not to deal with the sexual assault charges against cosby and pursue them more aggressively. cnn has obtained a comment by cosby. in this deposition, bill cosby says a media outlet suppressed another woman's story at his r

mark whitaker under fire for not including the alleged cosby rape story in his authorized biography.s that disappoint you? and do you have anything that you want to say about this story? because i know that you know bill cosby. >> i know bill cosby. i know camille cosby. i am praying for camille and for the entire family. and that's all i have to say about it. god bless and help camille and the family to deal with this. and this is a tough situation. and i wouldn't want to be in it. i feel sorry for those persons who have allegedly been victimized by mr. cosby. but this is a fight he's going to have to fight. and quite frankly, with all due respect to the victims of these crimes, who ought to use every legal -- every legal means available to them to get the kind of justice that they deserve, at the same time this issue that we're talking about tonight where black men are under fire, it's open season on them, and you see not just black folk but good white folk, good americans of conscience in the streets protesting all across the country, i don't want one issue to trump the other. we