The Realism of Global Optimism
Read a newspaper or watch the evening news, and the world always seems to be on the brink of some disaster. As a result of journalists' bias in favor of bad news, we often think the world is in worse shape than it is – even if we think our own lives are improving.
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PRAGUE – Read a newspaper or watch the evening news, and the world always seems to be getting worse. One problem after another is put under a spotlight. The more death, destruction, and despair, the better. As one Danish journalism textbook puts it: “A good story is usually bad news.”