WLKY Media Critique

When looking at WLKY's website to see what was happening in Louisville, I immediately clicked on the tab that read "Top Stories" thinking that it would have the most important, most recent stories published. As soon as I got to the page, I was interested to see that one of their top stories was an article on a UK Football game. Initially it surprised me because I was not on the sports page and it was the only sports story listed. After reading the article, it clearly violates the yardstick of making the important interesting rather than the interesting important. The entire article mainly covers how the outcome of the upcoming football game could be important in proving they are not an underdog team and helping to unite programs. This story is not newsworthy yet is made important by WLKY. The content of the article does not describe an event that could affect a very large group of people for a large amount of time. It is not a story that should be published where it is. It is interesting and important to people who care about sports, more specifically UK sports, but is irrelevant to those who don't and therefore should not be made as important as it being made. 

Check out the article at: http://m.wlky.com/sports/lachlan-mclean-tennessee-game-important-measuring-stick-for-uk/36142390