Television news focusses on local stories, because that grabs attention, and the weather reports, because that's something else people want. The national network news has 30 minutes to tell us what's been going on today, plus a weather report, and a nice human interest story, because people like them. So, they're going to give us five minutes on the war in Iraq, and maybe another five minutes on a service man giving bubble gum to Iraqi children, or a service woman with two children at home.
The internet is an excellent source of news, if you can afford a computer, and a service, and someone explains the thing to you. I'm learning my way around by guesswork.
Then people hear about internet scams, internet pornography, and internet stalkers, and think internet dangerous, so they don't use it.