Controversies
In October 2010 O'Leary used the term "Indian giver" during a live Lang and O'Leary Exchange. After a complaint from an aboriginal person, Alex Jamieson, and condemnation from the CBC Ombudsman, O'Leary offered an apology for his use of the term.
During a segment on the Occupy Wall Street protests on 6 October 2011 episode of the CBC News Network's The Lang & O'Leary Exchange, O'Leary called Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges "a left-wing nutbar." Hedges stated afterwards that "it will be the last time " and compared the CBC to Fox News. CBC's ombudsman found O'Leary's behaviour to be a violation of the public broadcaster's journalistic standards. O'Leary later acknowledged that he did make a technical mistake during the interview by calling Hedges "a left-wing nutbar" rather than comparing him to one.
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