If too many bishops appear to have one-track minds, perhaps the same might be suggested of the media? Example (which actually has nothing to do with Catholicism, at least of the Roman variety): last night BBC America ran a story on the Archbishop of Canterbury making common cause with the Anglican Archbishop of Rwanda about famine relief. A few seconds were given to that meeting of minds, then an immediate switch: though the archbishops agree on famine relief, said the announcer, they don't agree on the ordination of gay priests. The message was clear: famine relief is boring here at the BBC, so we'll change the subject as soon as possible to gay ordination, marriage, etc., even though it may have nothing to do with our original story. 
Sex sells; hunger doesn't. (Actually I'm a great admirer of the Beeb.)