Yes. It comes from the "where do they get these people" department, which is not an accurate depiction of reality. In that respect it's kind of like so-called reality TV, which may help inspire you to invent the label you seek. Would "Jerry Springer news items" be a good term for it? If I link you to this funny/scary pointless/incendiary mp3 sound file of that lady, it would increase the amount of hatred and fear in the world too. Oops, I just did. ;) Sorry.