The Gene 'Synder' Fiasco

So I'm sure everyone in the Greater Louisville Metro Area has heard of the disaster that is "Gene Synder Apocalypse 2K13. Basically, some poor guy switched the 'n' and the 'y' in Snyder and ended up with 'Synder.' And so why is this news? It's not really. The story isn't really newsworthy because while it does affect drivers in Louisville it doesn't in the long run. They fixed it fast enough for it to not be a big deal. Also there weren't any accidents to come out of the misspelling, no "Breaking News: Driver causes 15 car pile up while craning his neck to read a sign he drives by passively everyday." Yet we see this:

http://www.wdrb.com/story/23687360/misspelled-interstate-signs-pop-up-across-louisville
http://www.wdrb.com/story/23712516/gene-snyder-freeway-signs-corrected
http://www.wave3.com/story/23689585/big-signs-feature-big-mistake
http://snyder-signs-new.rsspump.com/?key=2013101507127f.misspelled-interstate-signs-pop
http://www.whas11.com/news/Go-north-on-Bardstown-Rd-until-you-get-to-the-Gene-Sydner-Freeway-Wait-what--227677981.html

And even more randomly this:
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2022054537_apxmisspelledroadsign.html

I mean I know since most news outlets are in an agreement to let them share stories, but if we look at a map we see this:



So Seattle Times this is not at all newsworthy to your city and it's citizens, because it isn't even newsworthy to ours.