Articles like this always seem to ignore the case where the sheep is in fact the most salient thing about MacGregor, sending nudes to a minor is in fact the mos

Articles like this always seem to ignore the case where the sheep is in fact the most salient thing about MacGregor, sending nudes to a minor is in fact the most salient thing about Weiner, and the alt-right bigotry is in fact the most salient thing about Hanania. If there were ameliorating details about those events, that might be salient. And if there's something genuinely more important, if they cured cancer, they might get to be known as "MacGregor, who cured cancer and fornicated with sheep", the way that Weiner's biography says "American politician and sex offender" (observe that the author also remembers that he's a politician). But "bridge builder" and "worked on XYZ legislation", by comparison, are not information-theoretically important for people to remember.