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Uncomfortable allegations in a way that maybe they couldn't before. >> no, that's really well put. tyler, does this speak to some of what younger comics are successful with, which is really having an overt political critical function? >> i think so. there's an article in "the atlantic" a couple of months ago about comedians being the new public intellectual. it has a lot to do with the generational divide. a lot of people are getting their news from "the daily show" and stephen colbert. i think comedy to be successful needs to push buttons and raise questions and then kind of deal with the fal...

Accusation took hold. a fair question. we want to note cosby has never been criminally charged, denied wrongdoing in the past and his spokesperson said he has no comment at this time on new allegations. since this comedy bit, burress was down played his role in bill cosby's fall. >> this bill cosby thing, you kind of got it started. you were the one that spoke about bill and it snowballed and really put a crimp in his dating life. >> it's definitely a weird situation, man. i get a lot of messages from people about it. >> joining me now, two cultural critics, tyler coltats and eric degand. eric...