People who actually think about this and want to attack the NDP are very probably annoyed by this whole episode. It distracts from criticizing the NDP's policies, and forces a whole newscycle to go through every single detail of 'the article'. It makes Jack the underdog; and it shows that the status quo is unnerved by the NDP's surge in the polls, and is willing to do anything in its power to stop them. Unless you're a lock-step Harperite, it causes a great deal of concern and doubt for voters who the Conservatives/Liberals thought they had locked up.
In other words, I agree with gyor.