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The CBC "severed ties" with two executives today and also published an independent review of the Jian Ghomeshi affair. The public broadcaster sponsored the review, a damning one that says that the CBC failed to prevent Ghomeshi's inappropriate conduct.

After an exhaustive search in which over 200 possible hosts of their flagship radio show, Q, were looked at, the CBC has made a choice. It's a male, a rapper and his name is Shad. For those keeping score, he guest hosted in the final week of January.

Is it me, or has the Toronto Star beat that proverbial dead horse into the ground with stories about Jian Ghomeshi? A recent lauding of a photo of the former 'Q' host taken by one of theirs is a case is point. It seems they write about him almost daily.

A former producer on the CBC radio program the Q has gone public with allegations against Jian Ghomeshi, the CBC and her former union. Kathryn Borel previously spoke to media without revealing her name but Tuesday wrote a column in the Guardian.

Let's start here: I get it that Jian Ghomeshi would appear to have, allegedly has, done some lousy, mean, vicious things of a potentially criminal nature. I've even condemned him in a op:ed recently. But the whole country is condemning him now.

As a slew of damaging allegations against Jian Ghomeshi continue to come in, the former CBC radio host has responded with a second posting on Facebook. This one is shorter as he simply thanked his supporters and said he would meet the allegations head on

It seems Canadian cultural hero Jian Ghomeshi, once of the CBC, was caught with his pants down and maybe also with his fists poised. Do note the word "seems" though, but also note a hoary old cliche: where there's smoke, there is often a blazing inferno.