"Small World"

What's the deal with local news stations? I'm sure whatever city you are in it's all the same. What's the deal with them turning the most mundane story into an earth shattering event? Or then they go and find the local connection to the story out of Topeka where the cat was rescued from a tree.
There was once a fire at a building in NYC. The local news here wasted no time. They rolled up their sleeves, went out and found some local guy whose wife's cousin's dentist's masseuse used to rent an apartment in the building next door. Or something like that. They asked questions like what's it like to have at one time rented an apartment in a building next to the building that is now on fire. Confused? I was. Enlightened? Hardly.
And there's nothing like watching the 11 o'clock news and seeing an exclusive interview with the local native who is now a Laker girl. That's hard hitting journalism right there.