key word. but like everyone said, people now a days are to intuned to read about other peoples misfortunes as a sort of sympathy call to their own lives it seems. Instead of seeing, reading and comprehending stories like this and trying to act them out in their lives, people find it easier to dwell on the revolving door of bullshit going on in the world. Thats why I cant stand reading newspapers and watching the news on tv. I am the farthest thing from a pessimist.
If the government audited news organizations, fined them for false information or not enough due-diligence prior to publication, and made it a rule that more than half the publications for that day had to be positive and up-lifting… I guarantee the outlook for citizens would change for the better.