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Thoughts About WLKY: Three arrested on theft, burglary-related charges

Three arrested on theft, burglary-related charges

   As I scrolling throw WLKY's web page, I stumbled upon a story about 3 burglarers who stole property worth around 10,000 dollars. Althothought the story was interesting it was not very relevant to the community. I believe that the journalist could have done a better job at relating it to the community and explaining the effects of this robbery. They could have explained how there have been lots of robberies in that area and because of this people might want to invest in better security or that more young people are resorting to crime as a living and because of this high school graduation rates have dropped in that area.
   Another thing I noticed while watching the video is that they only refer to the police when using evidence, this cause there story to be less reliable and more narrow mind. However, if they had interviewed a witness or the owner of the house that was robbed, they might have had more of a reliable story. 
   The journalist also did not share the whole story with us. She did not tell us what the motive of the burglaries was or what charges the might be facing. Knowing this info could change how people view the story.
  Seeing all of this errors in the journalist story made we dislike it. 

https://www.wlky.com/article/three-arrested-on-theft-burglary-related-charges/23941453

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