They also gave the world the information that most of the world wanted to see, as evidenced by the high ratings. But, perhaps, we should install you as the federal media censor and you can decide what the people have the right to see and what they don't.
I guess you really enjoyed the continuous loop of the Rodney King beating, too. How much time do you spend watching car chases? Networks do put on stuff that some people watch. Need we enumerate all the trash that is on TV? That does not make it right or ethical.