They're a great way for the news media to get viewers, ratings, and therefore advertising dollars. That's because "Cain said something nasty to some woman 20 years ago" is a simpler concept than "The over-extension of leverage through the use of collateralized debt obligations caused a cascade effect once a single borrower defaulted, resulting in a debt crisis." People like to hear about who was caught in the men's room at the airport.
They don't understand economic stuff nearly as well.
The Cain one seem to be fading but we still have the one at penn state that involves football which most people think is more important than politics. In the mean time the committee in congress that was supposed to come to an agreement about cutting the deficit by friday, is dead locked and no one is paying attention. However I do not think it is just Obama's problem, it is ours.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.