Is publishing fake sensationalist survey results or news a blackhat SEO technique?

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Hey folks. Complete SEO newbie here. Recently I came across this article (https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/13234888/penis-size-determines-salary-bank-balance-willy-micro/) about how men with smaller penises tend to earn more. Don't ask me why I stumbled upon it, lol. I was curious about the source so I tried to go to the original website (onbuy.com) and found nothing.

I realised such incidents have happened before but never really took note of it till today and was wondering if this is a blackhat SEO technique these websites are using to rank?

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