When MP Derek Conway was outed yesterday by the Conservative party for apparently very nominally 'employing' his sons at the public's expense, journalists were faced with the question of where to look for 'colour' to illustrate the story? Straight to Facebook of course.

The Times found more than enough colour to lighten up a story fundamentally about accountability for public funds. Curiously the Sun is far more dour.

Which begs the question, if Reuters has a correspondent in Second Life, and everyone obviously has a TV correspondent and a gossip columnist, which national newspaper will be first to appoint a Facebook correspondent?

Tags: The Times, Derek Conway, scams, The Sun Facebook