Political Stance or Family Issues? What's more important

In an article in the New York Times on March 3, 2007 entitled Noticeably Absent From the Giuliani Campaign: His Children, the press once again takes a path that is irrelevant to political issues. The press’ interest in this is all over the headlines today as well with stories about how Rudolph Giuliani wants his privacy. I found the above mentioned article from Saturday particularly interesting because it talks about how Giuliani’s son Andrew is not participating in the campaign because he and his father are in reconciliation mode, but more importantly Andrew is devoting his time to golf. The article also focuses on differences between Andrew and Judith Nathan, Giuliani’s wife since 2003. This is a pure case of no news; in my opinion this article has no relevance to the campaign or any issues that the public needs to be informed about. The reason this article shows up in a paper like the New York Times is because readers perceived to be interested in news like this instead of real issues that might really mean something to voters. What relevance does this have to Giuliani’s campaign, unless you are an opponent and you are hoping that because his son and daughter are not active in his campaign that some voters will choose not to vote for him? I really hope that this is not a ploy to down grade Giuliani’s popularity, because if it is there is a real problem with voters today.