In a capitalistic society...that mostly is true. In a capitalistic society, newspapers and media are attempting to gain readership and viewership in order to make (or help make) profits.
Bad news sells...so there is lots of motivation for it.
In socialistic societies...the need for readership and viewership (with a profit motivation) is greatly lessened...and they tend to get MUCH less bad news and MUCH more good news. — Frank Apisa
I've heard people say "no news is good news" which I construe stems from recognition of the fact that newsreporting is heavily skewed in favor of bad events or people with the formula being, the worst gets the most coverage. — TheMadFool
Well, that doesn't mean bad news lacks appeal in socialist societies. As I said the problem isn't with the media but with the people and whether you're a socialist or a capitalist or any other "ist", you are "people". — TheMadFool
"negativity bias" hardwired into us for survivalistic reasons — IvoryBlackBishop
Politics is about problems and about the continuous efforts to solve them — Congau
I think it stems from happiness. — unenlightened
What people want is not 'bad news' or 'good news'; they want interesting news — Bitter Crank
My point was that in some societies...GOOD NEWS is more abundant than BAD NEWS. In most capitalistic societies (freer societies) more bad news abound than good...because bad news does sell newspapers...and increase viewership. — Frank Apisa
Again a great day as nuclear war between the US and Russia or between other countries hasn't happened!!!? Why are we, literally, begging for bad news? I'm no psychologist but aren't people who're drawn to bad events and people diagnosed as having some kind of mental pathology? — TheMadFool
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