Part of the problem is that nothing sells like bad news. If they ran the 50 stories of the old ladies helped to cross the street and the lost kids brought home by concerned citizens. If that happened once in a while, people would begin to believe that was how to behave. Instead the bad stuff becomes the percieved norm and people believe that they should live like vicious pack animals with little regard for consequence. So, perhaps the media plays a bigger role than I previously let on.
