Media Critique

(Link to full article here: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/09/15/18-year-old-sues-parents-over-childhood-photos-posted-to-facebook.html)

  Anyone who knows anything about journalism would have thought, "Are you kidding me," after seeing this article published by Fox News. The title of the article is, "18-year-old Sues Parents Over the Childhood Photos they Posted to Facebook". Not only does this article violate the yardstick of newsworthiness, but also the yardstick of local relevance.
  This article is not newsworthy because it does not affect a lot of people for a long time. This is because the article is about an 18-year-old girl suing her parents for posting over 500 baby pictures of her on Facebook since 2009. Sure, this may affect that particular family for a while because their own daughter is suing them, but it doesn't affect anyone else outside of the family.
  The article also violates local relevance. Not only does this story not take place in Louisville, it doesn't even take place in this country. It takes place in Austria. Let that sink in for a moment. The article is telling citizens in the United States about a family lawsuit going on in Austria. This has no relevance to Louisville or the United States in general because it's taking place in another country and it will have no lasting impact on anyone here.