Can anyone explain why so many news outlets are covering the story of a two-year-old Belen boy who wandered away from home while his father was showering?

Doesn’t seem newsworthy.

It would be great to find out why KOAT — complete with a live shot, — KOB and the Valencia County News-Bulletin (in tomorrow’s paper) all mention the innocuous case.

The coverage includes interviews with Belen police officials — all on a day when the more important story might be that a Belen police officer got into a wreck that could cost the City of Belen lots of money should a lawsuit be filed by the driver of the other vehicle.

A Valencia! reporter, driving home from a meeting just after 8:20pm tonight, saw two young children stopped by Belen police in Reinken Avenue’s median. Both rode their bikes into the middle of the busy four-lane roadway in front of the Diamond Shamrock gas station.

Think these two wandering kids will be on the news tomorrow?

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