by Mike Morin » Mon 29 Jun 2009, 00:51:50
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', 'I') think interest in bad news is just human nature. From an evolutionary perspective, it serves our species well to pay more attention to bad news than good news. Danger can kill you, after all, whilst butterflies and sunshine can't.

I pay almost no attention to the news. I have no TV and barely listen to the radio, pay little attention to the Inter-net news. It is mostly sensationalism, it is mostly propaganda, it is mostly public relations and advertising.
It either makes me feel angry or alienated so I avoid it.
It is so predictable in its coming from commercial interests.
As far as our species interests with bad news. It behooves the protectorates: the governments, the miltary, the police, the prison-industrial complex, the butchers of the health care professions, to make you think that it's a dangerous world. Besides, if you're worried about the dangers of not enough prison beds then you won't hear any discussions about real problems like peak oil and possible solutions (because it does not benefit the automobile industry and the oil companies).