Well, the thing is, "news stories" are put in to any media in order shift the advertising space in between - nothing more.
One of the best angles a news story can come in at is the moral outrage angle, as this sells well.

It's not really a case of them trying to lecture us on what should and shouldn't be found offensive, but merely of the journalists doing their best to pander to their perceived audience's mindset, in order to keep them buying.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 10:02, Reply)