Front pages of @DailyMailUK and @Independent follow up @cathynewman harassment story.http://t.co/fu7OatwT50 #c4news pic.twitter.com/HkEJcYMBEw
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) April 11, 2014
Last night’s Channel 4 News investigation found that young men working in parliament were more likely to be sexually harassed than women, and specifically that there were a group of gay MPs who preyed upon men in Westminster. Back in January Guido publicly tipped off one journalist to the story on Twitter, he didn’t want to investigate, instead PoliticsHome’s Tony Grew said the allegations were untrue:
Investigating the existence of a gay mafia? Because it does not exist it's a homophobic fantasy @WikiGuido
— Tony Grew (@ayestotheright) January 24, 2014
Today the story is on the front pages of two newspapers, has been heavily followed up by the rest and is dominating the airwaves on 24 hour news channels and radio, yet gets only a fleeting mention on PoliticsHome. They should have a word with their Lobby correspondent about his news values…