Watching the 6:30 news on CBS, i kept track of what stories were presented. I noticed that they did'nt have the stories in order of importance. It seems they also cover stories that seem to have little to no importance at all. There are many other stories that they could have been covering but they instead chose human interest pieces to gain a bigger audience.

They covered a story about how in this economy it is becoming harder and harder to pay for college. It had a couple of colleges give numbers as to how much money they have cut from the school. It also had students who were forced to drop out because they couldnt afford tuition. However, this story was buried at the end of the program. Following that story was another about an elderly woman who was alive during the depression, and is sharing her cheap meals on the internet. CBS did cover some good stories, such as Obama's crackdown on wasteful spending, or how verterans claims for health care have been denied. However, most of what they showed, such as senator Ted Kennedy being knighted, was not what I would consider important news.