Probably more interested in the latest iPhone release than a cosmic event
unfortunately there is a significant audience for this kind of "journalism"
There is so much noise and distraction in people's lives these days that it takes a cosmic event to put it all back in perspective.
I was amazed at the reactions of people during the event we held at work. Most were amazed at what they were seeing and when it was mentioned that Venus was similar in size to the Earth there were lots of comments like "wow, we really live on a black spec, make me feel insignificant". Had some comments that it was way overrated too and that's fine, at least you went to the trouble of having a look at it.