Watching the local news today at 5:00 PM, I noticed that it was lacking something. What it lacked most was political content. That is, instead of having stories that dealt with any political event, it contained mostly human interest stories. The first story that came up dealt with volunteer fire fighters donating money to help a boy with cancer. The next story dealt with abused dogs who have found a new home due to adoptions.

The rest of the stories fell somewhere along the line of the human interest pieces. It may be possible that political content doesnt attract a wide audience. The stories they choose to highlight attract a much wider audience. An example would be a story they ran about a Hoboken pizzaria who is offering free food with any purchase. He explained that he enjoyed helping his community during this economic crisis. Though entertaining, these stories are not as important that others they could be showing, especially when it comes to political content.