That's unfair. You can say that about almost any news piece. The showed traffic problems on the local news today; they could've shown starving people. They showed the weather; they could've shown starving people. Etc. etc. There's enough news time to cover the important stories and still have time for the less important.
Fair enough. But I do agree that we do need to get our priorities stright. Here's another example:

CIA agent Valerie Plume is outed, and the official investigation starts in 3 months. Reaction: "President George W. Bush has no plans to ask his staff members whether they played a role."

Janet shows her boob, and the official investigation starts (and remember they're using our tax money here) in less than one day. Reaction: The Bush administration declares it is "outraged" over Janet Jackson's "classless, crass and deplorable stunt." and vows to take appropriate action.

Not that all of the blame falls to the government, because the public's reaction to both cases mirrors the official reaction.