Datsomattie;Response to "Man conquers addiction, cancer and weight to compete in IRONMAN triathlon" review

This critique of a particular news story published on October 11, written by Mattie Townson, was complaining that a story about the iron man event and one mans experience was not newsworthy. The main and strongest point that Townson brings up, is the fact that, even though this story may be inspirational and human interest, it doesn't require the majority of the news block. I would have to completely agree with what Townson is saying and could not have explained it better myself. Because I personally rather dislike human interest stories that are not needed, which is the majority of them. And I'll admit that sometimes human interest stories can be fun or intriguing, but this is the news, not the tabloids. But this one honestly doesn't deserve coverage at all really let alone the majority of the block. It was a swift review and got straight to the point, I thought it was a very well made arguement and that most would agree with her when she says that. You can find Townsons blog here.