Freedom's just another word...

As U.S citizens we, along with much of the west, look at other oppressive regimes around the world and think of ourselves as a free society. Case in point the recent Nobel Peace Prize given to Lui Xiaobo of China. However I wonder if Mr. Lui's dream of Chinese Democracy would resemble that of the United States of America. Much like the press in Venezuela is owned by the elites of the country who hate Chavez despite his mass popularity among the people, ours is owned by a hand full of media moguls with a little bit of room left for alternative press that is usually portrayed as representing the far left. But one does not have to be a Marxist to oppose the neo-liberal global rules being forced on other countries by Western elites. In fact you could have the values of a conservative in the United States and still oppose our aggressive foreign policy especially considering that our radical interventionist approach is going to disrupt the "American" way of life in the not too distant future (if it has not already.) My question is a common one: why do the issues we all care about get constantly ignored by the press?