Finally (if only because I’ve run out of space): if genuine seekers must struggle to break into the media in Canada, one reason is that, unless your surname is Fulford, Richler, Paikin, Frum — or you’re Trudeau spawn, however tangentially — you’re more screwed than one of Jian’s conquests.
Related, and just as good: “Uh, you’re some douche with a radio show. What are you gonna do, sing a crappy comedy folk song about me?”
This is the reason why I’ve been so interested in this whole thing. I had no idea that people in Toronto knew who this guy was and somehow he was some kind of media king pin. I hadn’t heard of him or his show before. I always assumed that the cliche about Toronto and their insularity from and downright hatred they have for the rest of Canada was mythology and couldn’t be completely true. Well I think it is.
I’m more convinced now than ever that Trudeau is nothing to worry about. He’s a complete fabrication by Toronto media circle jerks.
ACtually, if you want to work in Canadian MSM you have to have an unpronouncible name – Strombo, Pia pata chat I, Gomeshi, Anything works as long as it is not Smith or Jones (no anglo saxons please)
Truer words were never spoken…
Colby Cosh’s opinion was right on, especially the last paragraph. This is why I avoid spending any money voluntarily on the arts community. Unfortunately it’s all subsidized by taxes and I have no choice there.
Glad I am not the only one never heard of this little douchebag Ghomeshi.
Just goes to show why CBC is a waste of my hard earned tax dollars.
I haven’t seen or read anything that would justify his little kingdom.
Hope this is another grease spot on CBCS race to irrelevance.
Cosh and Shaidle have nicely explained Ghomeshi, a swarthy-skinned version of Peter Gzowski; self-important, narrow-minded and anti-conservative to the core.
We’ve talked about this story at wok, because it has been all over the papers. Not a single one of the dozen or so guys I work with have heard of Ghomeshi.
It probably helps that I work in an industrial environment that is not in the centre of the universe, but it is still encouraging. It basically means none of thee guys watch CC tv or listen to CBC radio.
I used to listen to CBC radio when it was the only station I could get, but I eventually decided that silence was preferable
On long drives at night I liked to listen to talk radio out of the US (especially Rush repeats). If I couldn’t find a US station I’d listen to a CBC talk show. In the first case, I’m interested so I’m alert. In the second I’m yelling back at the radio and telling them where and why they’re wrong, and the facts they’re conveniently omitting, so my adrenaline is up and I’m less likely to fall asleep while driving. (note – cool down periods of stopping and walking for a few minutes are needed, so the adrenaline crash doesn’t cause anything). These days I’m a podcast guy.
yes Ghomeshi is a douchebag, but one has to wonder why wimin always gravitate to these beta douchebags, and then never step forward when they get treated as they do. I have 4 daughters and many “friends” who are/were great at ferreting out dirtbags and then hangin in there even when they themselves noted that their husbands/boyfriends were/are despicable fecal matter. They seek and they receive and it’s a democratic society so they have a right to self abuse.
Too bad for Gomeshi that Canada is a little late to the table imposing Sharia.
Of course if he was smart he’d have married 4 of his accusers, then beat them at will.
It’s a little hard to feel for these Liberal women that sought out Gomeshi, I guess if you seek it, you shall find it. Lucky for them he’s a dime a dozen to find in Toronto.
Thanks for the link!
And yeah: If this was a real country, Cosh would be the one with the radio show.
I think it’s interesting that some people have not heard of or seen this guy’s face. His program ‘Q’ has been advertised extensively on bill-boards, the internet, and newspapers. Do people automatically tune out when they see anything attached to the CBC logo?
I liked the Takimag article except for the gratuitous inclusion of Fulford. He’s been a mordant critic of the CBC and its culture for a long time, as well as a sensible conservative voice in Canadian media.
Let’s cut to the chase here. If the Ghomeshi allegations turn out to be true it then becomes clear that higherups at the CBC …. Never mind.
So is this jackass a muslim? Since I never seen any reference to his beliefs, I just assumed he was an Iranian Christian.
I agree. Robert Fulford is a good writer and he personally responds to your input.
He did identify as a Muslim at one time; not so much lately. Some comment about a brown-skinned Muslim growing up in a Christian country in a Jewish enclave.
This case will never see the inside of a courtroom. The details leaked so far as part of the smear campaign indicate that there’s no physical evidence and no witnesses, so it’s he said-she said. At least two of the Ghomeshi Nine have acknowledged dating him in the hopes of getting a leg up on their careers, and there’s no evidence Ghomeshi ever helped any of them out so they can’t even get him on a quid pro quo harassment charge.
For all the bleating about how frightened these women were to come forward, the media, police and the Internet at large have been lining up to tongue-bath them in public. None of them have suffered any detriment as a result of this.
Oh, and now I see that four high-priced criminal defense lawyers have offered their services pro bono – to the women.
Criminal cases in Canada are Regina v. Defendant. What do the victims need with criminal defense lawyers?
It’s not Fulford, its his offspring. Everywhere. _That’s_ the point.
Read the comments accompanying Kathy’s article. A scream!!
Kathy did a bang up piece in this article. CBC Canadians shame.The people connected only to themselves & a faded elite
Kathy…right on again! And you covered so many of the lefty hypocrisy points.
One thing that I have noticed also…the feminists (Atwwod and Rebick for example) who claim that woman are oppressed by men (as in husbands) were way to quick to defend their CBC buddy…instead of supporting their ‘sisters’.
Well, all I can say is that I have 2 daughters 21/24 that have in the past frequented the clubs in downtown Calgary, they both tell me that the aggressor males are all brown skinned “asians”….and I’m not talking about Chinese/Japanese or Koreans here….Muslims & East Indians.
By aggressive – I mean grabbing their butts, breaststroke or frontal genital areas. I’m proud to say, that both reacted by throwing a well aimed hard right to their face…as taught. 1 managed to cull my youngest daughter away from her friends and attempted to sexually assault her, with him on top of her she managed to grab a decent sized rock and bashed him hard several times..told me she left him there bleeding badly..me? I hope she killed that POS.
As for Gomer, he’s Iranian…and being sheltered by that bastion of “openness & honesty”, the CBC, he must have felt invincible…nuff said..just another Islamic (_i_)Hole.
Yea, there’s something to be said of white women seeking something exotic in brown skinned guys, plenty of sucker in our society…I guess in this case it was a solid left hook from this two bit phuque.
Personally, I’m loving seeing the left take it oyn the chin. Obama loosing both houses and the CBC hand wringing over Gomer!
It’s been a good week!!
The CBC was paying Ghomesh $500,000/year!! and turning a blind eye to him using his status to pick victims. Get rid of the CBC now.
Interesting how the liberal media never hooks up the muslim father angle with these losers like Ghomesh and Gamil ___(Mark Lapine) and so on.
Where do you think these guys learn to treat women? All those non muslim women are just scantily dressed loose whores anyway so who cares if you knock them around a bit. Where do you think that attitude comes from?