A former editor stands by publishing a controversial essay written by disgraced former CBC host
Jian Ghomeshi Ian Buruma left the New York Review of Books amid backlash over the essay Buruma told a Dutch magazine that he felt forced to resign after social media anger and a threatened boycott from advertisers Ian Buruma to Vrij Nederland Ghomeshi was acquitted of four counts of sexual assault in 2016 Ghomeshi wrote that he had "deep remorse," but said the accusations from the women were inaccurate Critics complained that the essay wasn't properly fact-checked and was self-serving to a man trying to rehabilitate his image The pre-#MeToo era case prompted public debate about how abuse complainants are treated by the justice system