Aren't they muckrakers?

I saw the advertisement of this article quoted below in the subway when I went to work. In Japanese, "Horie Girls" is the term they use to describe who were ex-girlfriends of Takafumi Horie. I believe that Horie is responsible for what he did and probably the girls who were his dates were kind of using him. Even with these things, I feel weird when those girls are described as if they were perfectly owned by Horie. And the article's writer seems to be in a position of making a right justice. However, I belive that these yellow journalists are as bad as Horie or maybe more. Is it because I'm kind of a naivite?

You can read the artilce from the link below. I stopped quoting the part that describes those girls, though.

From Mainichi Daily News:

With their high-living beau banged up, Horiemon's Honeys crash back to earth

Horiemon's Honeys -- a pin-up queen, a model-cum-actress and one of the country's best-known PR people, all gorgeous women closely associated with Livedoor Inc. founder Takafumi Horie -- have seen their lives change since the downfall of the Internet pioneer who was jailed earlier this week, according to Shukan Bunshun (3/29).

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/face/news/20070323p2g00m0dm032000c.html