I also despise the DM, though unfortunately I have to buy it for the Boss (Mrs CM). However, my gut feeling is that, in this particular case, it was probably cock-up rather than conspiracy.
The article they published on the web was withdrawn within the hour, only to be reinstated a couple of hours later. It was a fairly factual article with a photo of Sean not readily available to the public. It looked to me to have come from a MoD source.
I suspect that MoD PInfo may have given the details to editors to ensure accuracy, but with the request not to publish until given the OK. Editorial staffs prepared the article, but some twit then pressed the wrong button and it went on line. It was quickly taken down, but the damage having already been done, the DM editors decided they might as well go ahead anyway, so they republished.
This would make them sloppy and unprofessional but not malevolent.