3. What we get in article is sense of what it was like to work with Ghomeshi. I'll quote a few details in following tweets.
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4. Ex-producter experienced "alternating charm, emotional 'cruelty' and sexual harassment from Mr. Ghomeshi"
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5. "and a shrug of the shoulders from her manager when she complained about the host’s behaviour."
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6. “Jian had created this environment of tyranny, no one was standing up to him, everyone enabled his behaviour.”
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7. “No one was going to talk to Jian, he was too big. The show was a f—-ing juggernaut at that point."
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8. "His face and name were inextricably linked with the brand of Q.”
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9. What's interesting here is the economic subtext of comments: "he was too big. Show was a f----ing juggernaut...brand of Q"
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10. The CBC has always seen it's job as creating Canadian celebrities, an often bathetic exercise.
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11. It's possible CBC has always pampered and indulged its "stars" -- you do hear stories of older "stars" who were womanizers.
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12. But the stuff Ghomeshi allegedly did goes way, way, way beyond whatever "womanizing" went on in 1950s or 1970s.
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13. We have to look at Ghomeshi's culture of abuse at CBC as taking place at particular economic juncture for CBC.
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15. As CBC faced squeeze and imperative to attract younger listeners, Ghomeshi was a god-send. He fit networks need for moment.
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