http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/users/2015/06/hulk_hogan_sues_gawker_celebrity_sex_tapes_used_to_thrill_us_now_they_trouble.html

As soon as the gossip blog Gawker flickered online in 2002, it apologized for lowering the discourse. “On some larger existential level, we, too, find it mildly disturbing that people are actually interested in Paris Hilton’s reading habits,” the site announced in an early FAQ. “This is the culture in which we live … oooh, let’s not think about it too much.”