In a bizarre tweet on Thursday, CBC journalist Rosemary Barton exclaimed "Huzzah!" in response to the news that Trudeau's Liberal Party has surged in polls due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Huzzah! https://t.co/riXIazqlPi
— Rosemary Barton (@RosieBarton) June 26, 2020
Canadian political Twitter was quick to react to Barton's inappropriate and apparently partisan cheer. Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre simply tweeted "Huzzah?"
Huzzah? https://t.co/LzjIB3TwgH
— pierrepoilievre (@PierrePoilievre) June 26, 2020
Twitter user @RealDrRoy tweeted: "I know you are the most biased journalist in Canada. Thanks for proving it yet again."
Barton tried to clean up her mess by tweeting a clarification that she simply jsut loves the poll tracker itself and not the favourable result for Trudeau: "To be clear this is a huzzah about the poll tracker which I love and NOT the result. I have no interest in the results. But I do [heart] @EricGrenierCBC."
To be clear this is a huzzah about the poll tracker which I love and NOT the result. I have no interest in the results. But I do ?? @EricGrenierCBC https://t.co/GM2bKP3QNd
— Rosemary Barton (@RosieBarton) June 26, 2020
Barton has been at the centre of other controversies regarding her bias. She famously took a selfie with Justin Trudeau that was roundly mocked around the country, and she was a plaintiff in a lawsuit by the CBC against the Conservative Party during the last election.
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