Everyday Canvas

News: Good or Bad

Prompt: Do you believe the adage that bad news sells better than good news? Do you find yourself getting more response to negative posts than positive ones?

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That “bad news sells better than good news” adage is something Winston Churchill believed about his nation, when he said, ““The British nation is unique in this respect: they are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.”

I don’t think, however, Churchill’s words apply to me, exactly. Good or bad, I like to hear the news that tells the truth, not the kind we have been getting lately by partisans who pull the news to their advantage and those unethical journalists who exert a titillating edge to any kind of a news.

As to my posts, I don’t know, since I haven’t kept a response log. All I care about is that I’ll keep on writing what feels real to me.

No matter what I think, in some instances, it might be a fact that negative anything makes more waves than all the positives that go unheeded. In my opinion, bad news may have longer legs, but good news has heart. Better yet, truthful news is a whole entity, and as a plus, it is a moral, ethical being.