It took just a week following the airing of an "interview" on CBC television's The Lang & O'Leary Exchange for the public broadcaster's ombudsman, Kirk LaPointe, to rule that the public broadcaster's journalistic standards had been breached.

For all those who saw the segment on the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations -- either when it aired on October 6 or, more likely, after the fact as the segment was posted and viewed on various websites -- the verbal utterances of the show's co-host, businessman and entrepreneur Kevin O'Leary, were jaw-dropping in their insensitivity.