The Mainichi Daily News conveniently provides a video forum on their website and one of their leading stories is indeed about the US 2008 primaries, specifically, Barak Obama's campaign. Rather than discuss the boring political counts of delegates, superdelegates, and tactics, hoever, Mainichi's International AP Video section features a clip of Stevie Wonder's tumble during an Obama rally.
http://video.mainichi.co.jp/img/pluginv3r1.js
or
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/community/video/
it's titled "Stevie Wonder takes tumble at Obama rally"
The caption with the video states that Stevie Wonder took a slight tumble during an Obama rally in California and was helped up by his wife Michelle. Interesting, isn't it, that the leading news story is about the US, and an important event in the US, but the content is about a celebritiy's mishap. I think this definitely a clear indication of marketability. The Japanese don't really want to hear the boring news. It's excitement and novelty that catches the readers' attention and the media sells on that point.
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