Good points, Chuck.  But I believe you're mistaken about the murders and mayhem elsewhere being "often avoided," insinuating there is a nefarious plot of some kind to "hide the ugly truth."

The uglier truths out there are the increasingly violent left and White House weirdness--and here in Canada, the Haitian border jumpers--that have cameras and microphones turning away from ALL SORTS of other stories.  

When's the last time we saw a good up-date on the three costly investigations on the President and/or his administration and alleged campaign misdeeds?  How's that review on B.C.'s Site 3 coming along?  What about that murdered-and-missing inquiry?  Given it over to FN, yet?  If not why not?  All sorts of stories...but there's not secret "agenda" at work here, just the usual headline-of-the-moment routine.