As so often in life, "follow the money"! Victimhood sells. The media loves to write about a damsel-in-distress, especially it the story sexually titillates, e.

As so often in life, "follow the money"! Victimhood sells. The media loves to write about a damsel-in-distress, especially it the story sexually titillates, e.g. the UVA rape hoax or the Columbia U mattress-girl hoax. It sells copy / drives clicks. Narratives of victimhood open doors. For example Rachel Dolezal was on some police committees. I would surprised if coin wasn't involved. Mattress-girl was invited to the state-of-the-union address. Highly monetisable fame.