Celebrity disasters

I certainly can't be the only one to feel a little queasy about the way America tends to focus its disaster relief efforts on only select crises.  I don't expect us to be able to help everyone the way they deserve to be helped, and certain factors -- politics, resources, cultural differences -- are going to play greater and lesser roles in who we help and how.  But this blog by Zane Fischer helped me put in perspective the way we tend to react in the media to coverage of international disasters.  I hate to say it, but we do tend to treat them like celebrities themselves.  Still not sure how to feel about it...