Is the Indianapolis Star over-covering the story of an 88-year-old Hamilton County attorney who is in a dying process at St. Vincent Hospital and the subject of a nasty family feud regarding his care and feeding?

A friend suggested so. It's just too much information, she said. 

I've read every word, but I agree with her....why is this particular case so newsworthy? Really, the only answer is that it's not; these cases are played out in private hundred of times a day in hospitals all over the state and beyond. A person ages, the Living Will is in place, and then stuff happens, including family dynamics -- one offspring disagrees with the care the parent is getting and a fight ensues. Probably, most of the time, the hidden agenda is money. Who is going to control the estate once the old guy/old lady is dead?

Now, thanks to the Star's exhaustive coverage and one daughter's desire to turn her father's ordeal into a public spectacle, protesters descended on the hospital Sunday to vocalize their displeasure with how the hospital is treating the patient.

Somehow, St. Vincent has not gotten out ahead of this story. But one aspect the Star is not covering is what the church teaches on Living Wills (there are Catholic versions of this document) and vents and feeding tubes. God knows, it's complicated. But a little more context would elevate the story beyond the way it is now being reported -- a family mini-drama with a lot of talking lawyer heads.

And now some busy-body protesters.