Mattie recently did a blog post about a story on WDRB, where they took up a lot of one of the blocks to to tell a story that wasn't actually a news story, it was more on human interest. It was about a man conquering many things to compete in the Ironman Triathlon. I had recently run into a story much like this one that I wrote about in one of my other blog posts, and I agree with Mattie that too much time and coverage is spent on inspiring stories. Especially for people who are watching/reading the news for actual news, not a story on how someone has overcome something in their life. They should have a separate time and place for human interest stories, other than during news blocks/categories.
Link to Mattie's story: http://datsomattie.blogspot.com/2015/10/response-to-man-conquers-addiction.html
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