Slavish Repetition In News

[rogerkirk]

Can someone more closely affiliated with newsgathering than I 
please answer the following question?

Why does every story about the kidnapping of 2 Americans & 1 Briton 
conspicously noted that they were kidnapped in a "Wealthy", 
"Upscale" or "Affluent" neighborhood in Baghdad?  

Does a higher income level of the neighborhood's residents 
somehow make this a more despicable crime?  Or a more 
improbable crime?  Why?