negative news
Reading BBC News this weekend, my attention was drawn by a positive story Meningitis cases ‘at record low’. I was struck by the positive reporting and wondered whether that reaction was fair. Looking at the index of stories below it was noticeable that the positive tone was unusual:
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Just look at the language: “blunder, suffers, plea, assault, deadly, carnage, weakest, attacks, weak, shut”.
Now the bottom right corner sounds more positive:
- Cow genome ‘to transform farming’
- Cheryl Cole to record solo songs
- Facebook users say yes to changes
But really the positivity depends on where you stand on genetic research, manufactured pop and the ethics of social networking businesses.