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Title: why never any good news?
Post by: megadud on October 11, 2005, 08:40:08 AM

cnn home page (http://www.cnn.com/)

i go to look at the news and what do i see

40k plus die in quake, another "police beating an african american" case, army needs more troops which screams draft to me, and bird flu is going to kill us all. How about something like a "3 year old saved by puppy" headline? ahh what a wonderful world :aok

Title: why never any good news?
Post by: AKS\/\/ulfe on October 11, 2005, 08:50:41 AM

Saving a lot of money on your car insurance isn't enough?

Greedy bastard.
-SW

Title: why never any good news?
Post by: Dead Man Flying on October 11, 2005, 09:09:52 AM

If it bleeds, it leads.

-- Todd/Leviathn

Title: why never any good news?
Post by: lazs2 on October 11, 2005, 09:13:42 AM

DMF.... with one notable exception...

If a citizen makes a bad guy bleed using a firearm it is seldom reported much less a "lead".

lazs

Title: why never any good news?
Post by: J_A_B on October 11, 2005, 09:31:11 AM

"why never any good news? "

Bad news gets better ratings, simple as that.  

Unfortinately for us, our news media is a business and isn't actually interested in reporting all the news, only news that sells well.

J_A_B

Title: why never any good news?
Post by: Clifra Jones on October 11, 2005, 12:30:02 PM

Remember the motto of the NYT: "All the news WE see fit to print"

Title: why never any good news?
Post by: J_A_B on October 11, 2005, 12:52:04 PM

Bah, I can't edit my spelling error up there.  It's the little things which bother me.

J_A_B

Title: why never any good news?
Post by: Charon on October 11, 2005, 12:58:06 PM

"3 year old saved by puppy, gets rabies"

Charon

Title: why never any good news?
Post by: NUTTZ on October 11, 2005, 01:04:19 PM

Human nature...

If you had a party and somebody threw up on your carpet, and another person helped you clean it up. Years from now you will always remember the person who threw up, but you probably couldn't remember who helped you clean it up.

NUTTZ

Title: why never any good news?
Post by: soda72 on October 11, 2005, 01:13:35 PM

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_7-10-2005_pg4_15 (http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_7-10-2005_pg4_15)

Sometimes they worry about other things  :)

Title: why never any good news?
Post by: Ripsnort on October 11, 2005, 01:51:10 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
If it bleeds, it leads.

-- Todd/Leviathn

Yep. Good news travels fast, but not far.

Title: Re: why never any good news?
Post by: capt. apathy on October 11, 2005, 02:14:45 PM

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Originally posted by megadud
why never any good news?

I know how you feel.

I'm looking forward to the new 'SOS Coastguard' show on discovery tonight.  hoping it might be a chance to see some positive outcomes and maybe even a chance to see someone who is actually worthy of some respect showing up on the TV for a change.