Once they went missing, that became the story. (Although chances are a producer is going to get fired for not sealing the envelope properly).
That's the story? Who's he pandering to? Anyone with a brain knows that there's a 99% chance that they were lost because of human error, not some sort of conspiracy. If the documents themselves were so damning (and could alter the election), then by all means just spill the beans on that story! This story isn't moving the needle!