A Day In the Life of WHAS

WHAS11 is a local station is Louisville, KY promising to report the facts, but do they really hold true to their motto: on your side? Here's what they reported on October 15th, 2013.

First block, the top story was three children were found with E. Coli, their connection being that they had all visited Huber's Petting Zoo in Starlight, Indiana. This story lasted two minutes and discussed what E. Coli does and how to avoid it. This story is newsworthy due to the fact that potentially E. Coli could affect Kentuckiana for a while. However, as the stories continued on their importance diminished. There were stories like the David Camm trial, a murder that happened miles away, 13 years ago. His third trial should be covered once, the day of the decision, not for almost 2 minutes everyday. Western Middle School was evacuated due to a faulty heater, there was no fire and no injuries, also no need for coverage. The Blind Pig restaurant is closing because they owe rent, minute spent on an instance not out of the ordinary. Next and stupidest of all, WHAS spent a whopping 2 minutes 30 seconds on a showing a video of a police chase that occurred in 2012 .The man being chased was caught the day of and no one was hurt, the only new information is that he has a court date. 2:46 was spent on weather which is newsworthy, but, I don't know if  that much time should be allotted for it. There was approximately 3 minutes spent on sports which was ridiculous because it engages only a minute audience. 10 minutes was spent on news, leaving 14:54 for breaks. There is a serious problem when half of your new cast is commercials and promos.

There were some relevant stories however, WHAS reported on a case of arson, asking for the whereabouts of the suspected perpetrator. And they spent an appropriate :30 seconds on a job fair in Indiana because it is of human interest. They also covered the Government Shutdown, but a questionable angle was taken on the matter. They interviewed a couple in J-Town with a special circumstance, they should have been more inclusive and made it marketable to a broader audience.