EXCLUSIVE: Exclusively boring

I'm trying to train my dog to do things like find her favorite tennis ball when she wants to go outside and play fetch. She knows "Where's your ball?" means we're going to play and she gets very excited, but she hasn't completely put together the part about going and getting her tennis ball yet. When she does manage to get her ball and run to the back door with it I give her even more praise. It happens about one out of three times. We'll get there. Today the Star ran a "big" exclusive story about Rep. Stephen Tilley (who?) from Perryville (where?) not filing a disclosure report that states he owns an airplane as a member of an L.L.C. with a lobbyist. Had this been someone Kansas Citians actually knew, or had it been something sinister, or had Rep. Tilley actually tried to hide it, this may have actually been a story. Instead the EXCLUSIVE story reads like the administrative equivalent of "you left your lights on". Much like when my Izzy accidentally grabs her chew toy instead of her ball in the excitement of heading out to play, I feel like I should throw the Star a biscuit for the effort. Good intentions. Right idea. Poor implementation. There is so much investigative reporting that could be done by the Star that would actually make for interesting reading. I would list some ideas here, but what good would it do? I could also hand Izzy her tennis ball when it's time to go out...