>>There was nothing to be gained by USA Today running the story. It was an affront to Ashe's dignity.
No doubt they sold a few more papers which IMHO is the real motive behind the shield of sanctimony.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1