Everything else is pretty much a distraction, but it's much more fun for the media to harp on about, so that's what gets coverage: evil stalkers are much better TV. Much better politics too.
For me, "Internet child molesters" is a subset of the US "stranger danger" obsession: the fear that nameless "others" are lurking out there just waiting to rape, pillage and kill you or your family. This mindset drives a whole lot weird behavior, most notably the cult of the firearm.
As you say, the fact that we all are much more likely to be victimized by someone we know is assiduously ignored. The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
Considering there have been a number of recent child porn cases involving head teachers and other authority figures, it's possible this may be missing the real dangers.