Bad News is the Best News

When it comes down to it, bad news wins over good news. It’s what the people want, or least what I want. Please do not misunderstand me. I am all about a light fluffy story about a grandmother who was saved by a five year old boy, but give me a nanny who murdered the wife to run off with the husband and left the baby in the highchair any day.

Bad news is exciting and unexpected. It is out of the ordinary. It provides conversation. If I mentioned a boy who saved a family of squirrels to my friends in order to start up a conversation, I feel they would look at me like “What the hell are you talking about?” If I bring up a twelve year old cheerleader who got pregnant by her thirty-five year old coach, well we’ve got a good time.



It is a little sad that the negative overrides the positive, but I feel that our society has become that way. You meet someone new and if there is something you don’t like about that person it overrides what you could like about that person.

Negativity is extremely powerful. It is interesting that people try to push a positive attitude on others hoping that they will catch it (side note: what does that even mean catch? It reminds me of the song catch a falling star; which is impossible)


A negative attitude is more contagious and can spread a lot faster, so why should the news be any different?