Federal Judge says yes to constitutionality of healthcare but is it news without controversy

It did my heart good to read this article and realize that there were indeed some adults on the bench but then with any good news there has got to be some bad.  The bad news is that it occurred to me that the only place I can hear about this type of news is from print or maybe a few cable news shows but never from the mainstream media.

Why would this not be news to carry to locals on local channels?  Could it be because it provides no controversy and therefore does not add to the rating numbers?  It’s as if Corporate America only wishes to do things that will add to their bottom line and media only wants to do things that add to their ratings.  Is it any wonder why there are few if any truly trusted journalist left?  Ryan J. Reilly’s article for Talking Points Memo titled  Federal Judge In D.C. Upholds Health Care Reform, Says Some Arguments 'Ignore Reality' says that a federal judge on Tuesday upheld the health care reform law signed last year by President Barack Obama and found that Congress had the clear authority to regulate health insurance under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.  It goes on further to quote the judge as saying  "It is pure semantics to argue that an individual who makes a choice to forgo health insurance is not 'acting,' especially given the serious economic and health-related consequences to every individual of that choice," U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler writes. "Making a choice is an affirmative action, whether one decides to do something or not do something. They are two sides of the same coin. To pretend otherwise is to ignore reality."

While this may not provide many with enough controversy to report it as an important story it should at least be covered within the first few minutes of the broadcast.   Only time will tell when our primary source for news will decide that they should worry less about ratings and more about keeping the public informed because when they do not, it creates a hole that is soon filled by those who would not know the truth if it bit them in the rear.  It may soon become clear that the way to improve ones ratings is to keep the public well informed with truth from all sides of the issue because if a citizen know that on one or more of a particular channel they are going to get the truth, not only will they tune in loyally but they will bring others in to do the same.  Now that would definitely increase their ratings without them having to compromise for controversy.