CTV wrong on Dion interview: Standards Council

The arbiter of ethics on the airwaves says CTV was in the wrong when it broadcast a series of false starts from an interview with former Liberal leader Stephane Dion.

CTV's Atlantic station ran an interview during last year's election that featured Dion asking the host to repeat a question three times during a taped interview.

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council says CTV was discourteous and inconsiderate to broadcast the false starts when they told Dion they wouldn't.

The council also said the question posed to Dion was confusing, even to an English speaker.

CTV Newsnet rebroadcast the false starts on the Mike Duffy Live show that day, where a panel criticized the Liberal leader.

The council also found those rebroadcasts unfair and improper.