The editor of the New York Review of Books is out at the magazine, days after the publication published a controversial essay by former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi.A spokesperson at the review, who would not give her name, confirmed Wednesday afternoon Ian Buruma is no longer editor. It was not immediately clear whether he had been fired or had resigned.She declined to answer further questions about when he left or if his departure was related to the Ghomeshi piece. She referred the Star to the magazine’s publicist, Nicholas During, who also confirmed the move.Buruma did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The publication drew sharp criticism for publishing Ghomeshi’s essay, titled “Reflections from a Hashtag,” in which Ghomeshi stopped short of admitting any physical abuse and did not explicitly apologize. Billed as “Jian Ghomeshi on Jian Ghomeshi,” under the header “The Fall of Men” as part of a package or stories on the magazine’s Oct. 11 cover, many saw the piece as an unfair platform for the disgraced radio host.“There are lots of guys more hated than me now. But I was the guy everyone hated first,” Ghomeshi writes in the piece, which was posted last Friday, adding that a female friend quipped to him he “should get some kind of public recognition as a #MeToo pioneer.”The former CBC radio host was acquitted of sexually assaulting three women in March 2016, following a high-profile criminal trial.A lengthy Star investigation eventually outlined allegations from 15 women.Read more: ‘I’ve become a hashtag’: Jian Ghomeshi writes on sex assault accusations in essay for U.S. magazineJian Ghomeshi acquitted on basis of ‘inconsistencies’ and ‘deception’Jian Ghomeshi apologizes in court, sex assault charge withdrawnBuruma drew further criticism for his responses about the essay in a combative interview with Slate.com. Buruma told Slate ...
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