You're right! News outlets consistently choosing to favor their own revenues over a basic human right to private is very surprising. Perhaps they made a choice

You're right! News outlets consistently choosing to favor their own revenues over a basic human right to private is very surprising. Perhaps they made a choice that looks the same from the outside, but could perhaps be very different from the inside? GDPR implementation is rarely as cheap, straightforward, or easy as some of its adherents might have you think. It can be a large, difficult, expensive undertaking. It may be worth bearing in mind that not every journalistic outlet has a sizable, disciplined, competent technical organization or the financial wherewithal to acquire one rapidly. These days, running a newspaper is famously a poor business. Might it be possible that organizations, faced with a choice between an easy way to cut some costs and a potentially non-trivial investment for marginal return, might in some circumstances opt for the former? Again, you're absolutely right that this looks like a crass choice between naked greed and basic human rights. It's just possible that it might be more.