Fire? What fire? Marie Osmond Fainted!

If you were watching ABC's Dancing With The Stars show last night, you saw Marie Osmond faint after her routine. That is, you saw it if you didn't blink at the wrong moment, because that's all it took. First she was standing there listening to the judges, then she went down (accompanied by some laughter from the audience who must have thought it was a gag). The host cut to a commercial. After the break it turned out she was fine, the show went on and everyone lived happily ever after.
But today, I'm in a Seattle hotel room trying to see what's happening with the wildfires in California (I have friends that live in the danger area) and I'm switching between CNN Headline News and Faux News. And what do I see? Marie Osmond fainting, over and over again. I've seen the story repeated no fewer than 18 times between the two channels since I got up this morning.
Now, obviously, the news networks are making the most of it because it was caught on tape (remember Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction?), but is it necessary to show it so many times? No disrespect to Marie Osmond--I hope hope she's OK and all that--but it really wasn't that big a deal. And with the fires, floods in New Orleans (again), tornadoes in Alabama, and the never-ending war, you'd think there would be other things to fill the hourly news cycle.
Still, the best teaser award for the story goes to CNN Headline News for this gem: "Marie Osmond took to the floor in more ways than one last night as she danced the Samba. We'll show you what happened to give everyone a scare after this break."