Document Type
Article
Publication Date
January 2021
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.77457
Abstract
In an era when cries of “Lock her up” can rile a crowd to frenzy, it is the duty of a responsible editor to ensure that declamatory comment is backed up by academic rigour. It is clear thatCMAJrecently failed this test.1It has compounded the error by encouraging the media to fan the flames such that the associated front page article ofThe Starclaims that the journal is calling for an end to celebrating Sir William Osler.2Neither the authors nor the editor acknowledged the debt thatCMAJhas to Osler, who not only encouraged its foundation but also frequently contributed articles when he was world-renowned and the journal was not.
