All this bad news is really starting to wear on me. The political nonsense is the primary cause for this 'media wear and tear'. The news is no longer directed at the 'average American', but rather at the 'corporate or politically inclined American'. Save for the school shootings, murders and forest fires.
The news needs more 'flavor' to it. Something to give more interest to the readers, especially on the Internet. Want bad news? Open Google's news page. Want good news, go to Google.com and type in 'good news' into the search engine. You'll come up with things like birth announcements, biblical text and a few rescue efforts that had good results. Outside of that, you will not find anything else worthy of being classified as good news.
I'm not talking about the type of news that run along the lines of 'murder, mayhem and rape... but there were survivors'. I'm talking about news that runs along the lines of 'celebration, jubilation, triumph and excitement'.
Seriously think. When was the last time that any of the main newspapers had headlines that ran "GOOD NEWS TODAY FOLKS", across their front pages, in big huge bold letters? I can't remember anything like that, and I read most of the major papers daily. Good lord, London runs better headlines! The Chinese run better headlines!! And, with all the hype about President Chavez... someone probably ought to pick up the country's main newspaper. I'll bet you that there is at least 1 good piece of news headlined on the front page.
Financial 'good news' might fall along the lines of "US Debt finally lowering!", or "Congress approves a dramatic rise in the federal minimum wage!" (not that little rise that, in the long run, won't amount to anything wonderful for the average hard-working American family).
How about something along the lines of "Major highway reports no accidents this month!", or "_______(enter city's name in line provided) proud to announce that there were no violent crimes this month!" Maybe the celebration of an elected official's birthday? Perhaps a nice long news bit about the good and wonderful overall progress that environmentalists are making? Can't find one article on that.
How about something from the medical field maybe? A possible headline might be, "FDA approves new anti-cancer drug that will be available to all cancer patients within the year". (FDA is so slow on approving things, that dead slugs cover more distance in a year's time)
Let's get some good news flowing in these headlines people! The American public, while honestly concerned for the well being of those who have been victims of wrong-doings of any sort, are pleading for something good and happy to read. Is it really all that difficult to print out good news? Will the printing machines break into a million pieces or something?
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