Yon's story doesn't get attention because it is 
    humiliating. 

    It is humiliating because it is obvious that we media - 
    and our allies in the state department, the legal trade, 
    the NGOs, the Democratic Party, the UN, etc., - can't do 
    squat about such determined use of force.

    Our words, images, arguments and skills can't stop the 
    killing. Only the rough soldiers and their guns can solve 
    the problem, and we won't admit that fact because the 
    admission would weaken our influence and our claim to 
    social status.

    So we pretend Yon's massacre - and the North Korean 
    killing fields, the Arab treatment of women, the Arab 
    hatred of Israel, etc. - doesn't exist, and instead focus 
    our emotions and attention on the somewhat-bad domestic 
    things that we can `fix' with our DC-based allies. Things 
    such as Abu Ghraib, wiretapping, etc. When we `fix' them, 
    then we get status, applause, power, new jobs, ego, etc.

    Please don't be surprised. We media are an interest group 
    not much different from the automakers, the unions, and 
    the farmers.