Mock-up porn memes of C4 reporter
A TV PRESENTER has revealed that her teenage daughter discovered a mocked-up pornographic image of her mother online.
Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman explained she had been subjected to a torrent of vile online abuse following an interview she conducted with a controversial right-wing figure last year. She clashed with Canadian academic Jordan Peterson during the interview.
Ms Newman, 44, said that even her daughter was affected by the attacks. Scarlett, 14, discovered a graphic mocked-up image of her mother online.
The meme – a picture or video shared on social media – was posted by supporters of Peterson, who include members of the ‘alt-right’ white supremacist movement, after Ms Newman challenged his controversial views on gender equality.
Writing on The Pool website about the interview, she said: ‘I challenged him about the gender pay gap, which he believes is a fiction, and what he calls the “murderous equity doctrine” embraced by many modern women.
‘Afterwards, his army of online followers, many hailing from the alt-right, went into attack mode, calling me a “c***” and a “b **** ”, threatening to execute me and circulating pornographic memes of me on Instagram, one of which my 14-year-old daughter saw.’
Ms Newman said such attacks on high-profile women is higher than ever because of the rise of social media.