Jian Ghomeshi and the Rush to Judgment

It`s not often CBC staffing becomes major news across the country, but this may be the first time the intimate life of a now former CBC employee has collided with the internet. The facts are a long way from being known, but that hasn't stopped fans and detractors from making up their minds and clogging the web with speculation and allegations.

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The Jian Ghomeshi file is a legal land mine with a sensitive trigger. Other media have published long lists of unsubstantiated allegations from anonymous sources that we can't comment on because they are unconfirmed.

Still, just because the facts aren't in, doesn't mean the comment sections of websites and social media aren't filled with speculation and condemnation of all parties involved. The rush to judgment has never been faster than in the internet age.

Justin Beach runs a Facebook page called Friends of the CBC - and he got a personal, and rapid lesson in the speed and crushing power of the judgment juggernaut. Justin Beach was in Oshawa, Ontario.

The events involving Jian Ghomeshi and his dismissal from the CBC set fire to Twitter since the first announcement Sunday and they continue to set the internet ablaze.

Evan Selinger is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology He was in Rochester, New York today.

This segment was produced by The Current's Josh Bloch, Pacinthe Mattar and Sarah Grant.