Secret Life

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Protection:
Filigrane

Année de parution:
2016

ISBN-13: 9780864929587

<p>It began as rumours. Whispers at dinner parties. Warnings about bad dates with a Canadian celebrity. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, superstar CBC broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi revealed his interest in &#34;rough sex&#34; in a long Facebook post, and a scandal of unprecedented scale descended on the radio host.</p> <p>What the public did not know was that months before Ghomeshi's emotional post, <i>Canadaland</i> podcaster Jesse Brown and <i>Toronto Star</i> journalist Kevin Donovan were quietly pursuing serious allegations against him. In <i>Secret Life</i>, Donovan takes us inside the <i>Star</i>'s investigation. Step by step, he explores the story as only he can: the media frenzy, his own personal and professional doubts, the women who came forward with stories about an alleged dark side of a national idol, and Ghomeshi's ignominious firing and dramatic criminal trial. Taking us behind the scenes, Donovan sheds light on the journalistic process and the complexity of gathering information about a highly sensitive matter from named and confidential sources, including those women who feared it was their word against a beloved public figure&#39;s.</p> <p><i>Secret Life</i> is a thought-provoking account of the landmark Ghomeshi exposé; that sparked a nation-wide discussion on sexual assault, the cult of celebrity, and the politics of power and gender in the workplace.</p>