just because it's shitty tabloid journalism doesn't mean it isn't still journalism.

they took a picture and sold it to the enquirer, and the enquirer wrote an article about it and put it into a newspaper that gets printed, distributed, and sold.

How is that not journalism? It's not like they're taking a picture of Brad Pitt eating Oreos and then using that photo in a nationwide Oreo campaign. THAT would require consent, because it's a purely commercial purpose.