Recently, Bill Cosby has been accused of sexual assault on a woman. 

I'm saying "sexual assault" instead of "rape" because most of the websites use this term as a euphemism in place of the word rape. This article in the New York Times uses many euphemisms, such as "sexual assault," "set aside projects," "dropped plans," and many more. Obviously, these are used to lighten the attitude and make things seem less accusatory and have the New York Times seem more neutral. The author also writes "The decision followed a week of revelations about..." the word that is being used for reification is "revelations" which has a very positive ring to it. A use of vagueness and ambiguity are where the author writes, "and did not say that it was directly related to the fusillade..." Where fusillade refers to the accusations placed on Mr. Cosby, and actually means "a series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession." Of course, this also has a secondary meaning to it; with the definition, it seems like a negative term to refer to the accusers as firing weapons, and brings in connotation to bring out a negative view on the women who made accusations on Mr. Cosby. Through this, we can see that while the New York Times author tries to maintain a neutral view on the subject, he slips a bit with the use of his vocabulary and displays his thoughts in a subtle way in a word that most people would not use in everyday English or know the definition of. 

This source has a video within it where the man says "he declined our invitation..." when talking about Bill Cosby being interviewed. Obviously, "declined our invitation" is used in an ambiguous way that makes us think that they politely asked him for an interview, or demanded, that of which we do not know. Also, within the text it reads, "that the comedian sexually assaulted her in 1982." Again, there's the euphemism of "sexually assaulted" instead of what he was actually accused of; rape. 

Overall, I think this whole scandal is really dumb. Janice Dickinson, in an interview in 2006, when asked if she had sex with Mr. Cosby, completely dodged the question here: Dodged And this really makes me question her credibility. Overall, I hate celebrities and the way the media makes them seem like gods.