Replying to Worldwide news

I was sitting in history class today and we were talking about the news. And I thought how completely clueless so many people are about worldwide events, like darfur. I bet if you ask 50% of americans whats going on in darfur they wouldnt have a clue. I mean, millions of people are affected, its like a holocaust going on RIGHT now. Think about it, its genocide against its on people, the sudanese government sent the janjaweed to rape and kill villagers, and burn their homes. Millions of people have been displaced and the death toll is around 400,000 (and its only been going on for 3 years). But thats not the point, the point is that now most people are more worried about brad and angelina, or who paris' new boyfriend is, am I the only one who is frustrated by the ignorance of the people worldwide? who would rather read about some stupid celebrity bullshit then somthing that is history in the making, like the darfur conflict?