I understand the OP very well and agree with the points made. I do however tend to form the view that all the bad stuff on TV with an added boost of negative can be draining like some vampire lurking behind us. We can opt to switch off and not listen or watch. It is not as though we stick out heads in the sand and pretend its not there we can acknowledge it but not at our own emotional expense. There is however a point that for some reason media and TV generally seem to have adopted the idea that bad stuff is selling is more ways than one. There is no great conspiracy there rather just the way things work out. Evolution is in a strange phrase and getting stranger. The positive news and good news that is also out there is not getting coverage, as a result, we often do not know it is out there. Keep in mind for every bad person there are 10 good people, we just don't see or meet them very often. But trust me, they are out there. Mean people on TV big themselves up to look bigger then they are. Bad news looks huge but is often not as bad as could have been. Things could be a lot worse is often my motto.