I don’t understand what your argument is. Obviously we can’t report on or care about every single person on the planet, regardless of how deserving they may be.

There is only room in our attention span for the occasional placeholder to care about outside our immediate social circle and family, and we are also naturally inclined to the concept of fame.

So there will always be people of a certain fame who draw the attention of the masses. May it be politicians, celebrities, fucking billionaire scum, scientists, "influencers", and so forth.

I still don’t think it is morally appropriate to dismiss or talk bad about someone who is struggling with a potentially terminal illness, regardless of if they are famous or not.