The media not only distracts the audience from more important issues, but it distracts them from the important issues associated with the Lewinski affair. Almost all media attention is focused on the question of sex. The important issue of the Lewinsky affair is obstruction of justice, perjury, and suborning of perjury. So, the audience is even distracted from the important issues of the main distraction. Distractive stories usually titilate, sensationalize, and pander to the base desires of the audience.
Distraction is the tabloidization of the mass mainstream media.