I just can't feel sorry for these people Why isn't the news upset about the poor?

An article online in the Wall Street Journal titled "From Ordering Steak and Losbster to Serving it" details the life after wall street for one man and his family. I just don't know if these stories are trying to get our sympathy or what. I don't feel anything except disgust when I read and hear these on the news over and over. I mean now they are living like the rest of us instead of living a life of excess...so what exactly is the problem here?

"Mr. Araya's wife, Dennise, has gone back to work as an administrative assistant for a construction company and leaves home at 6 a.m. Mr. Araya often works until one or two in the morning and on weekends, leaving little time for the family to be together. He calls his daughters every night during his break at the restaurant on his cellphone to say good night. (I work at night and my husband puts the kids to bed two nights a week. My husband gets up at 4:30 am every day for work.)
Mr. Araya now is the one who gets his children ready for school. He's learned to tie pony tails, inadvertently shrunk sweaters in the wash and knows which grocery store has the best price on milk. (My husband helps with the laundry, gets the kids ready for bed, etc.)
The Arayas stopped dining out, pulled their daughters out of ballet and tumbling classes, and dropped cable television -- even though the flat screen he bought when they first moved in still sits in the living room. (We scrape to put our kids in karate lessons. And believe it or not you can get 15 or more channels with just a TV antenna)"

I just can't feel sorry for these people. What really gets me confused is why the news isn't reporting on things like the poor and people who don't have any health coverage, or report on someone who is using adversity to help others?