I absolutely love it when I hear good news in the news! Don’t you? For an example, when I first heard about that plane crashing in the Hudson a few weeks ago, the very first thought I had was, ‘Oh no, not another terrorist attack!’ Did you think that too? We are so flooded with bad news, in the news, that the first thing we think of is bad news! To my relief it wasn’t a terrorist attack. It was a bunch of angels, Captain Sully and his magnificent crew landing and saving lives by making a 3. landing on a river in New York. Wasn’t that Good News?!! I love what a reporter called it, ‘Miracle on the Hudson’!

I Googled ‘Good News in the news’ and found four(4) web sites dedicated to just good news on the first page.

I found this story about a 15 lb., 7′ wing span of a golden eagle that flew into the windshield of a big truck in Nevada and survived. 

(Lance Dean / NNWRC) Pete Bradley, a biologist from the Nevada Dept. of Wildlife, holds the injured golden eagle as wildlife rehabilitator Jo Dean looks on in Springs Creek, Nev. on Wednesday.

The eagle landed in the passenger side floor. And he is recovering very well. I love these animal rescues stories that end on a positive note. 

The above story was found at:   http://www.happynews.com/news/352009/eagle%20survives%20crash%20truck%20windshield.htm

Stories like these gives me good feelings that there are good things happening out there worth reporting to the public. However, I’ve heard somewhere that ‘Good news does not sell. Bad news does.’ What is wrong with this picture? It’s saying that the media has conditioned us to accept bad news over good news!

What are your opinions on ‘Good news vs. Bad news’ in the media?

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