How happy is John Sanford that Michael Jackson passed away yesterday?

The media all seem to focus on the hottest story of the day, and this seems to make them forget about other stories that are going on. Do you think you do this in your life? If you’re working on some crisis, and another, bigger one comes along, do you never get back to the first crisis once the second is dealt with?

Should we expect more of the media? Of ourselves? Or is this appropriate behavior? What, if any, are the problems with having short attention spans? Is there anything we could (or should) do to increase our ability to attend to more than one big issue at a time?