Misplaced Values

I was reading the news today and ran across the headline, 'Idol' Upset: Kris Allen Beats Adam Lambert. Now I understand that this is a prime-time talent show but when did this start to become real news? This story actually beat out anything on the the new credit card law or even bombings in pakistan. It is a talent show and just entertainment. Entertainment, as we all know, goes toward the back just before the classifieds, opinion articles and comics. How did this entertainment piece get to the front page?

How did this happen? Well, I get my news via google news and the placement of that news is based on a computer algorithm that sorts the news based on frequency of appearance in over 4500 news sites. So for a news story to make it to the top it needs a strong showing in a large segment of online news. The fact that this piece has such a strong showing over and above real news affecting real people reflects a huge shift in our morality i think and it's not for the better