Validating voyeurism

"It's likely happy slapping will run its course" editorialised the Evening News, part of the Scotsman group, in response to this story (7 February, log-in required). Maybe, but not when the mainstream media comes close to legitimising it. "$500 000 for Anna Nicole death video" was the reported offer from the Entertainment Tonight satellite TV show (The London Paper, 9 February 2007). What's their going rate for footage of Steve Irwin's death?