[Kevin]

There's a concept often discussed when studying mass media related topics. It's called agenda setting.

Basically it holds that the mass media does not determine what you think about an issue but it does determine what issues you think about.

Just as a producer on the producer decides what reporters will cover what on a given day they are essentially deciding what people will see as contraversial.

And again, I'll gaurantee you that this wouldn't even be an issue if there was no video of the event.