Private Enterprise & The Press

I commented at lunch today that SpaceX's putting a rocket in orbit in last week was not getting the press coverage that I thought it deserved. Dennis remarked that it was because it was a private endeavor, not a government project. I suppose that could be the reason, but it doesn't make any sense to me. One more thing that I don't understand about how the world works, and just when I thought I had a pretty good handle on it.