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Have the rich and powerful always behaved so badly? Or does social media shine a spotlight on what has always been unacceptable?

Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos: the Amazon billionaire was recently ‘sextorted’ by the National Enquirer

Have we reached the bottom yet? Recent events concerning politicians, celebrities, techies with a penchant for dick pics and morally bankrupt billionaire seem to plumb new depths every day.

And no, we’re not just talking Donald Trump. There’s David Pecker, the aptly named publisher of the National Enquirer and his attempted sextortion of Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man.

When you come at the king, you’d best not miss. Not only did Pecker ...