The media is largely on a romp, frankly, in dealing with the Jian Ghomeshi story. There is an awareness that the story has gripped the imagination of much of the public. New leads flourish every day. Tonight the CBC is said to be seeking “better clarity” on the Ghomeshi story. It will be doing that without the help of the producer of the program. He is on a bit of a vacation it seems. The intense focus on “young interns” has caused 24-hour news to repeat loop-like that Carleton University, for example, has examined all it records and sent mail to anyone who might know and has found no one who was exploited. Also tonight, the Globe and Mail’s public editor writes about an insensitive and misleading headline on a story which dealt with the CBCs challenge in somehow recovering from its long association with a man about whom there was such a lot of unsavory talk. People want to know why no one there did anything. And there’s the Premier. She pronounced that just because it’s 2014 we should not think this type of thing has gone away. (No doubt. As well as many other things we wish would go away). We require constant vigilance, Ms. Wynne said. Eyes in the back of the head would help too.
