I know exactly what you mean. All I could think on spotting the headline was, "Wow, the man's gall..." Cosby is yet another bogus hero in a declining culture, plenty of them in the news these days, with their protective celebrity and desperately loyal fans. 
Anyone should be forgiven for feeling that it's all over for civilized society; justice and decency have been compromised into oblivion, revealed after centuries as the mere pretensions, the descent into the swamp all that remains. (Though the lawyers will do well.)