Today, NBC News posted a video to their website under the U.S. News section called "Baby Bear Hangs Out In Hammock". It features a baby black bear jumping on a hammock and rolling around on it, before leaving. There's a minute and thirty seconds of this. That's one minute and thirty seconds someone could have used to be looking at actual, important news. While this video was cute, it definitely doesn't belong in U.S News section. While the video is in the U.S, it isn't even close to being news. It doesn't affect anyone's life in any way, and it doesn't educate anyone. It's just a feel good fluff piece done by NBC. This type of video belongs more on YouTube, or another entertainment sites, instead of a news website. NBC violated the seventh element of journalism (make the important interesting), and the third yardstick of journalism (local relevance). Nobody needs to know that a baby bear was in a hammock today. NBC made the interesting important, when they really needed to make the important interesting. This is a common problem in news today, and oftentimes it keeps important news from being posted.
The video can be found here.
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