The Canadian Broadcasting Network admitted an error in judgement regarding a recent attack article on Sarah Palin by Heather Mallick.
Vince Carlin, the CBC ombudsman, has now issued his assessment of the Mallick column. He doesn’t fault her for riling readers by either the caustic nature of her tone or the polarizing nature of her opinion.
But he objects that many of her most savage assertions lack a basis in fact. And he is certainly correct.
Mallick’s column is a classic piece of political invective. It is viciously personal, grossly hyperbolic and intensely partisan.
And because it is all those things, this column should not have appeared on the CBCNews.ca site.
Good for the CBC, although only time will tell if they change their ways. How’s that for a backhanded compliment?
