Is it really news?

I have just been watching a reporter on one the the Australian TV networks. He was standing outside Heath Ledgers parents home in Perth. Talking about the fact that it looks like his death was accidental. He the second part of the report was to say how the family wanted to be left alone. The report made the point that this was unlikely to happen due to the media presence. It certainly seemed like he was talking about everyone else and somehow justified his own presence as OK?

The thing is I can see no real value added by having the reporter at the family home at all. The real news was coming from the US the only relevant story near to the Ledger family home was the one about the intrusive media and the family wanting to be left alone. That is simply a story created by the media!