http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/26/20709211-los-angeles-schools-halt-off-campus-ipad-use-after-students-hack-tablets?lite
This article was featured under NBC's US news. When clicking on this section anyone would expect to find relevant information to the United States as a whole. This article was about Los Angeles and students hacking I pads. This information is not relevant to the United States as a whole. This article would be appropriate in Los Angeles or a California newspaper, not the US news. Local relevance is one of the seven yardsticks of journalism therefore it should be relevant.
Another seven yardstick that this article broke was fairness. Not once did the article get a quote from a student. That would have changed the article and would have made it more fair to everybody involved in this topic.
Although it's correct to point out that the article is unfair for omitting students, it's incorrect to say that the article is irrelevant to non-California audiences. Schools around the country are offering iPads and other electronic devices to their students and the experience of one of the largest school districts in the nation IS quite relevant.
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