Pope Francis called for
the media to end its focus on bad news in his message for the
World Day of Social Communication, which the Vatican released
Tuesday.
"I am convinced that we have to break the vicious circle of
anxiety and stem the spiral of fear resulting from a constant
focus on "bad news" (wars, terrorism, scandals and all sorts of
human failure)," the message read.
"This has nothing to do with spreading misinformation that
would ignore the tragedy of human suffering, nor is it about a
naive optimism blind to the scandal of evil.
"Rather, I propose that all of us work at overcoming that
feeling of growing discontent and resignation that can at times
generate apathy, fear or the idea that evil has no limits.
Moreover, in a communications industry which thinks that good
news does not sell, and where the tragedy of human suffering and
the mystery of evil easily turn into entertainment, there is
always the temptation that our consciences can be dulled or slip
into pessimism".
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