Agreed. The purpose of the news is to hold our government accountable, and mitigating kidney disease is not a fundamental part of governance.

The purpose of news is to inform about current events, not specifically for holding the government accountable.

Where did you get the idea that the news is only supposed to talk about the government?

Even if that's true, how can the masses be expected to make informed political decisions on things like healthcare funding vs. war on terror funding if they're constantly being terrorized by the news about a negligible threat while ignoring much greater immediate threats?