The Truth About The News

It’s always negative.

Even when things are generally positive, the news is predominantly negative.

This is, in part, because most humans are attracted to train wrecks.

One mentor told me this is because if our early ancestors didn’t pay attention to the unknown sound behind the tree, they could have been eaten by a tiger so our brains evolved to pay extra attention to danger.

Regardless, it’s clear that news organizations thrive on negativity.

The joke has always been that C.N.N stands for Constant Negative News.

So if the status quo for news is to report the most awful, controversial, divisive parts of humanity during normal times, what will they do when an abnormal danger arises.

They will milk it for all it’s worth and take it to the max.

There seem to be 2 threats to our society right now.

1. A virus.
2. Society’s response to the fear of the virus which becomes another virus.

Each with it’s own real and potential consequences.

The difference between the 2 is that for one, we already have the cure.