The experience of the Leon Brittan and Ted Heath inquiries should remind the media that,even in a blizzard of serious cases, correct procedure mattersOver a decade ago in Dar es Salaam, or I was running a British Council seminar for journalists – a dozen or so men,half that number of women – from seven southern African countries. One afternoon we got round to work, sex and the whole murky drama now being played out on stages from Hollywood to the Palace of Westminster. And the women didn’t hold back.“watch, and ” cried one Tanzanian freelance feature writer. “I want to get a piece published so I beget to sleep with the editor. Then I want to be paid and I beget to sleep with the cashier.” She was on her feet,blazing infuriate and cheered on by the other women – while the men skulked in silence.
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Source: guardian.co.uk