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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Globe & Mail news alert on my phone:
"Two women have come forward to Toronto Police about Jian Ghomeshi and an investigation has begun, police spokesman Mark Pugash said. More to come."
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wow, great to hear if true. That takes true courage. Good for them.
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
To be honest, I had no idea that the Q was so popular and so widely syndicated. I used to listen to it on CBC radio at work, but I never thought of Jian G. as some type of celebrity juggernaut.
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I'm not convinced he's the juggernaut the media is portraying him to be. Sure, maybe among the latte-sippers and within the CBC bubble he is, but he's hardly some media titan.
That's not to say he didn't have some power in the entertainment industry. Obviously he did. It is alarming to read that many of the women felt they couldn't come forward for this very fact. I think we need to be asking some questions, eventually, about the power imbalance that exists within 'celebrity' culture, and how it is that it can be exploited to prey on young people.