Yes but thats Just to distract the Herd from whats really going on in the World.
Just because its emblazoned onto every Tabloid front page or some rinky dink media outlet dosent show that its good indicator as to wether people care or not.
The whole story is pathetic really its just stoking people up. It should have been a regional news afair at best.
What's your point? That the press are over blowing it? Of course they are...
But I assume your point isn't that we shouldn't care? A women was caught cynically torturing a cat, and in effect needlessly causing distress to other people (the owners). Why did she do this? For money? No, for no other reason than to be vindictive and because she thought she could get away from it.
Take the animal cruelty out of of this matter, she must have realised she'd be causing some innocent people (the owners) some distress, especially if the cat had died, yet that simply did not matter.
It's a very sad reflection on the mindless disrepectful behaviour of some people.
So yes, the matter of course has been blown out of all proportion by the press, but people are all over this story simply due the needless mindless vindictiveness of it!