What does being gay, Canadian, socialist, or a parliamentarian have to do with kleptomania? (Wysiwyg and others with a similar idea)

Any news itew about any more or less known person has two informations in it: (1) What has X done? (2) Where from do we know X?

German league last seaon high scoring footballer Ailton has yesterday married his long term girl friend...
Would you say here what has his being a high scorer to do with his marriage?

Mark Thatcher, the son of British Prime Minister Margeret Thatcher is missin on the Ralley Paris Dakar since yesterday.
Is his status asson in any way related to him being lost in the desert?

Susan, Amos or whoever, why do you think that the usual standard ofreporting about known persons should ne altered here. Because it is bad news?

Would you also object to a report saying "gay Canadian socialist parliamentarian Svend Robinson has spoken at a ralley of the 'USA out of Iraq' movement. What has his being... to do with his objection to present USA politics?

You may be right that Bill Mason had the intention you read, but I must say to me Bill Mason's post sound at the first glance completely neutral.

Wolfgang