Yes

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  by robertsloan2

  Created on: November 08, 2007

  Of course the mainstream media outlets favor bad news over good news. Bad news is conflict. Conflict

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  by Bob Trowbridge

  Created on: August 11, 2007   Last Updated: June 10, 2009

  What the news media really favors is news that will bring in the most readers, listeners, and viewers.

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  by Bruce W. Coffman

  Created on: August 02, 2008

  If it bleeds, it leads. That is the stereotypical mantra of the media and, to a certain extent, it's

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  by Rena Sherwood

  Created on: December 23, 2007   Last Updated: July 02, 2008

  Mainstream media outlets have to favor bad news over the good, and not just because "If it bleeds, it

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  by G.K. Dickey

  Created on: May 01, 2008

  The mainstream media is regularly and rightfully repudiated for reporting far more bad news than good.

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  by Lori Ronan

  Created on: April 18, 2009   Last Updated: April 21, 2009

  The two headlines read: "Child Murdered by Vicious Predator", and "Kids Give Charity Donations at Local

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  by Bryan W. Alaspa

  Created on: March 26, 2008

  Of course the media is biased toward the bad news over the good news. The phrase "If it bleeds, it leads"

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  by Marlene Bricker

  Created on: March 17, 2009

  Turning on the news in the morning could seriously cause one to get back in bed, pull the covers over

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  by Denise Harvey

  Created on: April 18, 2009

  Yes, the mainstream media outlets favor bad news over good news. Bad news is all over the place. It's

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  by Rich Browne

  Created on: August 09, 2007

  News axiom: If it bleeds, it leads.

  This is an absolute no brainer. Of course, the media favors bad news

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  by Blair Bordelon

  Created on: August 09, 2007

  Good question. Let's just go to Yahoo News right quick and find out, shall we?

  If you look at world news

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  by Kate Flaxx

  Created on: June 25, 2010

  Sometimes we have good days, sometimes we have bad ones.  When you wake up on some mornings just

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  by Xavier Grey

  Created on: July 08, 2008   Last Updated: July 16, 2008

  There is an argument to be made for the proliferation of bad news into the mainstream forum of modern

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  by S.E. Ingraham

  Created on: September 01, 2009   Last Updated: September 04, 2009

  If it bleeds, it leads - a common saying in the modern news world, while something of a cliche, is

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  by Jenny Rae

  Created on: May 05, 2009

  The media definitely favours bad news over good because, as everyone can probably attest to, people

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  by Richard Serra

  Created on: March 20, 2009

  Today the news media seems to be out of control when it comes to reporting without putting a spin on

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  by Guy Takamatsu

  Created on: October 08, 2009   Last Updated: October 10, 2009

  Reporting bad news seems to be a practice internationally. For some reason tragedy seems to catch people's

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  by Ryan Gray

  Created on: March 07, 2008   Last Updated: December 30, 2009

  Considering the number of negative stories that can be found in newspapers and magazines, and throughout

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  by Elizabeth M Young

  Created on: December 15, 2009

  Mainstream television media outlets favor news that will draw people to visit that site or turn

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  by Paul Schingle

  Created on: April 18, 2009

  I think the question is a little broad and, perhaps, a little unfair. That said, I understand what is