Rubbernecking at the crash on the side of the road, or the fresh kill of the lions is part of our animal nature.
The whole CNN website is like that; every tiny tidbit is breaking news. Lately they post “what if” headlines. Horrible. My mom cries when there is tragic news (e.g. the 8-year old boy) and she is sobbing. I tell her not to watch it, it is sad but the news over sensationalizes it to the extreme.