http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/09/06/waitress-receives-huge-tip-dnt.kstu/video/playlists/thanks-for-the-tip/news
In this article from September 2015 CNN covers the story of an everyday waitress who gets a $3000 tip from two men who had just had a normal night at the bar getting food. At the bottom of the receipt there was a $3000 tip in the tip section that the two gentlemen left for the waitress, Bre Snow, after having a total bill of $500. The two men were with an instagram page called @tipsforjesus. Overall, this is not awful footage and it is a "feel good story", but it is not newsworthy. This article violates the first and fourth yardsticks of journalism which are newsworthiness and local relevance. While watching the video for this story, a person may think, how is this going to affect my community? This story was highlighted as one of the top stories in the "money" section. Instead of being informed of pertinent, relevant financial news, the viewer was given a minute and thirty seconds worth of material that was designed to entertain and uplift. Stories like this should not be treated as top news alerts thereby wasting the viewers' time.
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