"What is the point of an article like that?/Madonna"

Today, I read that all Madonna had to do to escape a one time scare she and her family had with a burglar was to buy another multi-million dollar home that is more secure then just about any place in the U.S.

What is the point in printing something like that in a paper?  It implies that: "Americans who are not wealthy are just screwed and will have to live with the violence"

Society tells us every day: " If you aren't rich, then your life doesn't really count for much."