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Sun Media made an on-air apology to federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau on Monday over a controversial rant the network admits should never have aired.
“In a monologue that aired September 15, 2014, on The Source, host Ezra Levant criticized Justin Trudeau for ‘photo-bombing’ a bridal party. In this monologue he detailed a number of controversies involving Justin Trudeau’s parents and their marriage,” the network said in a statement Monday.
“It is the view of Sun News that this segment was in poor taste and should not have been aired. We understand why many viewers found both the content and language of this segment to be offensive.
“We apologize to Mr. Trudeau, his family and to our viewers.”
Last week, Trudeau vowed not to talk to any English-language reporter from Sun Media — the country’s largest newspaper publisher and operator of most widely-watched French-language television channels, TVA and LCN as well as the English-language cable news channel Sun News Network — until the matter of Levant’s editorial was dealt with by the company.
After the apology aired ahead of Monday’s broadcast of Levant’s program, Trudeau’s office issued a brief statement.
“We accept Sun News’ apology. We look forward to (Sun Media) journalists resuming participation in Mr. Trudeau’s press conferences,” Trudeau’s communications director Kate Purchase said in a statement.
Agencies/Canadajournal
