I agree with you totally, but its more a case of hating on the hater.
Edit: wait, when you refer to public shame, are you referring to the girl or Sand-in-the-vag-lands?
I've only read headlines. I refuse to click into any articles about it because I would only be fueling his ratings and encouraging further media reports which is exactly their intention. Same thing with Einfeld, he was the Britney Spears of the judiciary and it got so ridiculous that I refused to read any more articles about him for fear it would fuel the undignified feeding frenzy.
Similar circumstances surrounded the chocolate gelato incident (pun-intended) but in that case I kept on clicking on the articles, because I thought that was the funniest thing (still do). I had an insatiable appetite for cutting edge reports and developments on the Coogee Bay.