In many ways though, the news becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy
I recently read that experiments showed that people bombarded with the same fear inducing news for a couple of months reach the point where they are so convinced of its reality that even when shown evidence to the contrary, they won't relinquish that belief. I'm beginning to think, more and more, that once enough people believe something it pretty much becomes a reality.
Why are we so drawn to bad news, do you think?