CTV has been touting its exclusive interview with a Brampton man who was attacked with a machete and a taser in his own driveway. (You may recall the story of how his mother saved him by running out and chasing his assailants away.) It was a nice story and was promoed as an exclusive on both TV and over CFRB, along with an intro pronouncing it as such. 

The problem? Global had already run the story a few minutes earlier, complete with a clip from the victim, which was supposed to have been the item no one else had.

I often wonder how these things happen. Did the victim promise not to talk to any other station? If so, how did Global get him? Or was this just CFTO being unaware that the competition had beat them to the punch? 

I'm not making fun of CTV - you can't know what those on against you have. But if you're going to boast that you have something no other station in town does and you make a big deal about it, you should make sure that doesn't turn out to be exclusively false.