The lower right sidebar of the front page of my local paper is devoted to highlights: today’s forecast, an index, and the names of the recently decent. Full obituaries are on the second page but the names, age, and last city of resident are listed on the front. I always glance there to see if I recognize the names. I often don’t even get a chance to open the rest of the paper unless I think someone I know has passed away.
On Thursday, there was a typo in this section. It read, “Not deaths were reported today.” I knew it was supposed to say “no deaths,” but the typo got me thinking. In a world of gloom and doom, of murder, of war, of fatal accidents and tragic losses, what would a newspaper full of “not deaths” look like? What stories would be reported? Wouldn’t it be great to celebrate life before someone passes on?
It’s day 5 of NanoPoblano!
Yes. I’m afraid “if it bleeds it leads” will always hold true. We do get a skewed view (negatively) of humanity I think. I hope. Love your idea.
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Great thought.
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I’d love to read such a paper.
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Yes it would. There is always plenty of bad stuff to report, but not enough good stuff is reported. It’s not that it doesn’t happen it just doesn’t make the headlines. 🙂
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Yes, it would be great. It is sad when most people agree and subscribe to the justification that “Violence sells”, “Death sells”, “Sex sells”…
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