Readers then get the salacious story they want without the individual being damaged".
Indeed, there are those who may get some salacious pleasure from manipulating a search engine to report specific editorial opinion in response to a particular search input.
Seriously: What gets delivered on Elba??? Sadly, I couldn't get any salacious answers to my stupid and probing questions, so I used the extra time to hit to the surprisingly well-equipped gym, have a steam at the spa, and try in vain to connect to the internet.
A kid can type "boobs" into Google and get more salacious material in 0.07 seconds than he could if he spent an hour installing a third-party utility to unlock some deliberately hidden joke erotic content in a game rated M for graphic violence.
Because an AI can be tailored to measure success based on how many clicks an offering gets, and salacious material is clickbait.
I understand the debate is like the one about the chicken and the egg; do reporters write because people demand to know, or do people only get involved in salacious issues because the press reports them?
Don't worry, I won't get into to anything salacious here.
When grand juries refused to take those officers to trial, protests spread across the city, most were peaceful and nonviolent, but the media chose to focus on the few that were not, because salacious headlines get attention and ratings.
But no newspaper should sanction illegal means of getting stories, however salacious those stories may be, and where there has been criminal wrongdoing the perpetrators should end up behind bars.
