Good News Is No News
They say ‘no news is good news’ but methinks it is the other way around. Maybe that is why good news does not sell newspapers. If our newspapers and TV bulletins were filled with good news, nobody would have bothered.
The only time when good news sells is when a celebrity gets married or has a child; and then it has to be a BIG celebrity. Nobody is interested if Jack Sprat’s wife gave birth to a baby boy but if she cuts off her hubby's ding-a-ling then everybody wants to know about it; and even more so if he’s willing to tell (or sell) his story.
We want to hear about scandals, conspiracies, air disasters, earthquakes, floods, war casualties, train smashes, and the likes of it. We’re not interested if Ol’ MacDonald treats his wife like a lady, but when he murders, her we want to read all about it. Lady Godiva can ride her horse until she has calluses on her butt and won’t make it into the news until she dies of exposure. Nobody would have known about Jack the Ripper if he handed out religious pamphlets to prostitutes.
It would seem that the bigger the disaster the better the news. We thrive on humiliation, death, maiming, mutilation, and other bad things, thus making it good news.
But if good news is no news, then papers won’t sell. Maybe it does not work the other way around.
Wishing you a grand Monday without any shades of blue.
Comments (46)
Time for Lala Land.
Very true. I recently seen a movie about how the media operates. Granted it was made in Hollywood, but I would suspect there was some truth behind it.
As to why bad news sells, I wonder if it does not make a person feel better about their own situation in life. "Life could be worse, at least I am not Rob Ford." ....for example.
Good to see you around Again.
Movies tend to exaggerate but they are normally based on some facts too.
Yes, that is the way the cooky crumbles.