Rape Identity Protection - It Should Work Both Ways

I am not a criminal. I have never been charged with a crime. I fully support shielding of the identity of rape victims. The "public's right to know" is NOT sacrosanct. It applies to public meetings, the expenditure of public funds, government records and government in general, etc. I DOES NOT apply to private lives. I have no right to know anything about your life, if you are a private citizen. I too often hear fourth estate human megaphones spouting about "the public's right to know" when they should be shouting about "my right to produce scintillating garbage in order to sell more newspapers in order to generate more income for my employer".
Back to my original rant. Rape victims should not be identified. Neither should the ALLEGED attackers. I have no right to know that someone is ACCUSED of committing a crime. This benefits the public in no discernible way, shape or fashion.
I was motivated to blog about this topic because of a small blurb on page 2 of the sports section in this morning's newspaper. In three paragraphs, it detailed how a special prosecutor "has decided not to file charges against three...basketball players accused of rape, citing insufficient evidence". The article then proceeds to name "The players in question..." and "that DNA testing showed the three didn't commit the acts they were accused of (sic)".
OK. Now what? An accused rapist or rapists are still at large. The public in the area of the alleged rape is no better off than they were prior to the names of the three alleged attackers being released. Neither is the victim in a better position. The prosecutor has opened the door to reasonable doubt if the actual perpetrator(s) is/are apprehended. Seems as if the only ones in a position differing from the position they held prior to the arrest are the now-released defendants. And their position is in no way better than it was prior to the arrest.
My suggestion won't be adopted by the fourth estate since it would limit the titillating aspect of an article detailing the arrest of alleged perpetrators allegedly involved in an alleged sexual attack.
So...The victim is protected. This is a wonderful thing. The alleged perpetrators are identified and photographed for local and/or national news outlets. ALLEGED perpetrators. And, when the charges are dropped or they are found "not guilty", the news outlets release a minor "mea culpa". Just as you can't take back a hateful utterance, you can't "unaccuse" an innocent person.