What level?
Reporting on potentially criminal behaviour? Or the internet pile-on?
If the latter, where does that start? Us commenting on a MTB forum? Or people directing abuse at him on Twitter?
Factual reporting has to be OK, although as we saw last week ‘facts’ are not always above query, how they are presented can lead to further extrapolation that is absolutely deliberate. I hate the ‘ah, but I didn’t *actually* say that’ defence (eg; has sent them £35K in return for sexual images since they were 17) DW is being investigated by police and employers, AFAIK. That’s what should be reported.
The internet pile-on is the bit that troubles me. Commenting on here – depends; reporting that he has been accused or is being investigated is factual; while I understand absolutely the karma angle – and it would be wrong for me to say I don’t have a bit of that righteous anger in me too -that’s where we start to cross the line.
Of course it hasn’t escaped me that those many of those that were saying that HE should be left alone to sort himself out are now demanding DW is sacked and prosecuted, whereas those that were all over HE last week are now demanding time and space. It’s double standards on both sides, driven by politics but when the right wing and tories are actually on the moral high ground this time – the LW / woke should be congratulating them for realising their error and reminding them of it whenever they slip back down.
An eye for an eye makes us all blind.