Who cares and why?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/dining/paula-deen-says-she-has-type-2-diabetes.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=paula%20deen&st=cse

This story is about the popular chef, Paula Deen, from The Food Network who had become infamous for her remarkably unhealthy recipes.  According to the Today Show, she has type 2 Diabetes.  The author of this article published it because it was a major thing for such a popular chef to get the disease and because her recipes were so unhealthy many people predicted this would happen.  The article would appeal to these people because they would want to know that this happened so that they could say "I told you so".

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/wikipedia-plans-to-go-dark-on-wednesday-to-protest-sopa/?scp=4&sq=SOPA&st=cse

This story is about Wikipedia taking down the site for a day to protest the SOPA anti-piracy bill which the government is trying to pass.  This was written by because the bill is highly controversial and many people believe it would have negative effects.  The fact that a website as popular as Wikipedia decided to shut down for a day is a sign of how many people are against the bill.  This effects anyone who is connected to Wikipedia, which is most students who have to look up a quick fact for school.  By the website going dark for a day, nobody can access the information on it and therefore could be in some trouble.