Anna Nicole Smith...no news...

Earlier last week the media was in a frenzy covering the sudden and unexpected death of Anna Nicole Smith. It seemed as though every other news story took a back burner to this event. Some news events either barely got covered, or did not get covered at all. For example, apparently on the same day there was a hacking attempt into the main servers of the internet. These servers apparently host the defense systems and help run the economy. What I don't understand is how an event that affects the country as a whole was barely covered. Most people did not even know that this had happened until at least a few days after. Yes I understand that Ms. Smith was a public figure, and her death is unfortunate, but I do not believe it should have been the highlight of the news that day. Maybe mention it in the Entertainment newscasts, but not in the nightly news. The crazed astronaut incident also took the #1 spot in the newscasts for a few days as well. These are definetly "no news" storylines. I think that it is okay to have some "no news" stories, but to have them take over the broadcast is not acceptable.