Ask HN: Why is the Gates affair story getting flagged off the front page?

If you're referring to the dw article I felt exactly the same which is why I vouched for it when it was flagged the first time. I do find it a bit sad that people aren't willing to discuss the topic here. This is a very real problem and it goes far beyond Gates.

Can someone reference critical coverage of Gates that made it to the front page?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27184525

Celebrity gossip.

Bill Gates is famous for being cursing bully in the workplace. He has admitted it himself. He treated everyone badly. He tried to hustle his co-founder from his shares when Paul Allen became sick.

How he treated women is just side show.

It’s on the front page of the Financial Times, the story was originally reported by the Wall Street Journal, this is not some Gawker-like story.

It's still just celebrity news for business people.