Media picks and chooses accoroding to the political climate and or what storyline they can create with the most Drama to pull in viewers over a long period of time. Thus ratings are good and consistant...and the pundits can talk for hours on...special guests etc.
Few would be interested in two elderly peoples plight unfortunately. We are the only nation that is disrespectful of the elderly and see them as disposable as the unborn.
Nothing sells news to African-Americans like stories of how oppressed they are....