Via Cheryl Lynne, and Funnybook Babylon we've got to ask ourselves the following question:
Which demonstrated a greater lapse in judgement, allowing this question to be asked, allowing it to be published, or trying to suppress the discussion of it by deleting it from the interview?
Honestly, I think if Paul Cornell hadn't responded with, essentially, "I can't believe you asked that question," I'm not sure it would have been noticed. Does anyone remember Frank Miller's "I'm ready for my fatwa," getting press?