Journalists from the Daily Mail and the Telegraph turned up at the Douglas Adams conduct hearing at the General Social Care Council on Monday.
Both papers subsequently carried a news story focusing on the most shocking aspects of the case, such as the "Miss Whiplash" comment (as did Community Care).
But on Tuesday, as the case continued, nobody from the national newspapers appeared in the tiny, brightly lit waiting area next to the hearing rooms. Instead it was just me and a freelancer who was covering the case for a local Yorkshire paper (Adams worked for Barnsley Council, south Yorks, at the time of the misconduct).
After hearing from a final witness, the committee decided to strike Adams off the social care register. But it makes you wonder; if he had been exonerated, would the nationals have reported the outcome? Would it matter if they did?
Read why the GSCC conduct committee decided to strike Adams off
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