El día de las buenas noticias | Transcripción | Radio Ambulante

Remember that the media and activists rely on drama to grab your attention. Remember that negative stories are more dramatic than neutral or positive ones. Remember how simple it is to construct a story of crisis from a temporary dip pulled out of its context of a long-term improvement. Remember that we live in a connected and transparent world whe

The solution is not to balance out all the negative news with more positive news. That would just risk creating a self-deceiving, comforting, misleading bias in the other direction. It would be as helpful as balancing too much sugar with too much salt. It would make things more exciting, but maybe even less healthy.

Most news is bad news, and none of us can shrug off the nonstop bombardment of stories about conflict, corruption, crime, and human suffering without it taking a toll on our mood and our ability to focus.

voici le paradoxe : l’image d’un monde dangereux n’a jamais été aussi diffusée, alors que le monde n’a jamais été moins violent ni plus sûr. Les peurs qui jadis permirent à nos ancêtres de survivre permettent aujourd’hui aux journalistes d’avoir un emploi. Ce n’est pas la faute des journalistes, et il ne faut pas leur demander de changer. C’est une