The New Inquisition: New York Editor Resigns After Publishing Article by Canadian Journalist Acquitted of Sex Crimes
20th September 2018
The editor at the New York Review of Books has resigned over his decision to run a column by former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi — a once-celebrated Canadian journalist who was acquitted of sex crimes. Ghomeshi was the center of a highly-publicized Toronto trial that rocked the Canadian media establishment.
In his article, Ghomeshi stated, “I’ve become a hashtag” to describe his life since that trial.
But Ian Buruma says he will not apologize for running Ghomeshi’s article that focused on the #MeToo movement, saying, “I have now myself been convicted on Twitter, without any due process.”
Buruma made the comments in an interview with the Dutch publication Vrij Nederland. He was obliquely referring to Ghomeshi’s experience: acquitted by a Canadian court on a series of sexual assault charges by still presumed guilty on social media.
CBC News fired Ghomeshi long before his acquittal and never rehired him.
Apparently accusation=proof in the new Hunt for Heretics and Sinners.