Do You Find the News Depressing?

By DemocracyRules

I know, it happens to me too.  The MSM makes the world seem like a depressing place.

Things sometimes look bad because the MSM is lying, or putting negative spin on positive stories.  They bury the good news, and feature the bad (if it bleeds, it leads).  Recent examples: "U.S. Economy in meltdown", is incorrect.  These recent headlines tell the true story: Economy Improves, Old Media Ignores, Greenspan says worst of credit crisis over, The U.S. economy is structurally strong.

The MSM will predictably lie about certain topics.  On those topics, you can discount the reports 100% or even just reverse the meanings to get the real story.  Here are some key topics:

(1)  Poverty, domestic or foreign.  Any story about the poor getting richer, the average person being better off, or the the size of income disparities getting smaller will be ignored by the MSM.  In Canada recently, the MSM faked some income numbers so they could report a catastrophe.  As Communists, the MSM is absolutely dead-simple incapable of acknowledging that poverty is disappearing, and that capitalism is working.  For every story that cries about poverty, good news is ignored.  Either they are lying or misinterpreting the data, or they are focusing on one negative datum, and ignoring tons of positive data.  Ergo, any poverty reporting can be reversed into : "World Poverty Declining!", "U.S. Most Prosperous Country in History!", "Fewer and Fewer Starving in Africa!".

(2) Paper Recycling. Any story which deals with paper recycling and paper wastage will be misreported.  Why? Because newspapers use up millions of trees per year, and newspapers will never complain that this represents a waste of resources, or causes clear-cutting, or fills up landfills.  So any negative story about paper recycling can usually be reversed into: "NYT and Others in Trouble, Millions of Trees Saved!"

(3) Environmental Catastrophes of any sort are routinely falsified or exaggerated.  E.g., "Massive Volcano Erupts in Chile", really means,  "Chilean Catastrophe Averted, Hundreds of Thousands Safely Evacuated!", or "Ash Fall from Chilean Volcano Produces Massive Increase in Soil Fertility!".

(4) All Global Warming stories are false and can be ignored.

(5) MSM Crybabies. Almost all stories which portray the MSM as victims are false or misleading.  The MSM is unwilling to criticize itself no matter what horrible thing they did.  E.g., "Rotten Reporter Lies to Court, Gets Jail She Deserves!"

(6) Christian Bashing. Almost all MSM stories about Christianity will be biased or falsified.  The good news is that Christians are, by many objective social measures, better people than atheists.  They have lower divorce rates, more marital happiness, better incomes, less depression, and on and on.  These things will not be reported in the MSM because it is controlled by faithless Communist ideologues.  Thus, these stories should read, "Depression, Substance Abuse and Suicide Drops in MSM Who Convert to Christianity!".

(7) Military Bashing. Any story which criticizes the military will be biased or falsified.  For every negative story about the military there are at least a thousand positive stories which go unreported.  Reversal works well for military stories.  So, "Haditha Marines Charged in Barbaric Attack" actually means, "Iraq War the Most Cleanly Fought in History". 

So you see, the News is actually full of positive stories, if you read it or listen to it properly. 

Furthermore, if you get your News from Gina Cobb, you will read about Hedgehog Rescue, funny cartoons and anecdotes, and everyday good things that happen to people.

Pro Patria

P.S. The picture is of Michaëlle Jean, the Governor-General of Canada.  Our head of state is better-looking than your head of state!