R&B Star R. Kelly Indicted on Child Pornography

I had a stupid joke here about P-Diddy, but I've deleted it. I have a more serious point; this is not the first time I've made it but it's something I find the need to harp on.

Robert Kelly is accused of statutory rape. There is allegedly a videotape of him having sex with a "minor"; no word on what her age was. At any event, why is it the child pornography which the media finds it necessary to harp on? I am not discounting the seriousness of it. However, a sexual assault on a child is far more serious, infinitely more serious. And I am outraged that the Times finds the lesser offense more newsworthy.

End of rant.