Roughly 36% of WLKY's stories are reporting crime. That number should not be nearly as high if they were reporting a newsworthy crime story. Newsworthiness is measured by effecting a lot of people for a period of time. Most of the crime stories reported are no where near to newsworthy. The titles are somewhere along the lines of "Blank killed Blank and they are now in court". If it doesn't effect more than the family and friends of the victim/witness/criminal, then don't publish it. Sure many people find the stories quite interesting, but it is not actual news which is what they came to your channel/site to see. A newsworthy crime story would be about a mass-murder, criminal on the loose, or threat.
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