News Response: National vs. Local

As I tuned into the news Sunday night, October 25th, I found myself extremely excited because there was a national story being covered. It was strange for me to be so happy over a single story but it was the first time WHAS had two national stories out of the nine data collections and the first time in four collections there has been one national story. WHAS doesn't do a good job covering important, national topics. Now, I don't think it's fair to say it's their job to cover a certain amount because it is a local station. However, other stations are doing much better, proving it can be done. On October 11th, WAVE had two national stories, WLKY had five, WDRB had four, and WHAS fell short with only one. This was the firat time it had ever had a national story and would remain the only time for a long while. National stories can be covered... So why is WHAS not doing so?