Lol, you do realize that other than like one thread, it has always been other people bringing this guy up. If you are so offended by the mention of him, why don't you go after the people who actually bring him up, and not just the person who disagrees with your point of view?
Ford's situation is treated differently because it is a different situation. For one thing, he holds a very powerful public position. He has been shown to have very serious problems that call his ability to do his job into question, yet he refuses to admit that he has a problem and refuses to get appropriate help. People are naturally interested in finding out exactly how deep these problems go and what they could mean for the City of Toronto.
So ya, after everything that Ford has put the city through recently, if his wife was found dead, there would be a hell of a lot more questions.
In this case, Smitherman and Peloso are private citizens who have had problems, but have freely admitted them and sought the appropriate help. What real reason would there be to dig into it more than that?