Sex Sells

The scandal plaguing Toronto’s City Hall has come to a head with the dismissal of two top managers of the municipal licensing and standards department.
Doubtless there is a sidesplitting side to this cronyism come bedroom farce. There is also a good deal of heart wrenching drama for many of the employees of the department.
The amorous pair had suspended three managers, with no real explanation, leaving them hang while some kind of chargers were found to stick them with.
According to one report ‘the never say die’ Coburn, who dumped on her lover trying to save her own neck, pulled more tabloid drama out of her bag.
Her latest vicious attack featured “a bizarre and unsubstantiated story that somehow implicated her three suspended managers -- in some nefarious plot involving crooked cops and bikers…” A look at the scandal's real 'collateral damage' Globe and Mail
It sold as well as the ‘office romance’ story diversion, that is; Coburn and her ‘lover’ were fired.
The hapless three suspended managers are, apparently, to be restored to their previous positions. Let us hope, with some assistance in putting their lives back together.
If Coburn was not able to distract her bosses by dragging a sex sodden diversion across their trail, she succeeded with much of the media.
These media people know the truth of it; don’t worry about the real story if there is a smell of sex to tantalize readers. So the headlines following the firings went for the genitals:
City fires 'soulmates' Toronto Sun, Canada
Staffers fired over love affair Ottawa Sun, Canada
'Soulmates' fired in City Hall scandal National Post, Canada
Toronto bureaucrats fired for misconduct after affair revealed Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, Canada
Sexual politics Toronto Sun, Canada
Toronto bureaucrat defends workplace romance with married ... Vancouver Province
Suspended TO official says romance behind her CTV.ca, Canada

If we gave out awards to the good guys, Globe and Mail would get a gong here for focusing on the real story.
We all know that sex sells, but it is heartening to see at least one media outlet willing to risk it and go with the real story. Well done!