91% of US news about Covid topics was negative – even when reporting on positive vaccine developments or low case counts in schools. The media learned that consumers demand negativity – I postulate this is because consumers who are suffering from hysteria and anxiety seek out news that confirms their anxiety, and that being anxious is okay.
They do not seem to have intended to have revealed that but they just did.
Business news reporters, who generally do a good job, also admit they believe “unfavorable articles were more likely to attract readers”. The result, across all news media, is that the news focuses on negativity and what is perceived as wrong with the world. There is rarely, ever, good news. This results in entire societies living in an unnecessary culture of perpetual outrage, fear and anxiety. This is not healthy.
CBS Morning News puts on their stupid hat. Geesh.
The White House is accused, based on now available documents, of having colluded with tech companies such as Twitter, to censor speech and kick users off of Twitter who questioned government public health policies.