2000 : WHAT IS TODAY'S MOST IMPORTANT UNREPORTED STORY?
Psychologist and faculty member of the Harvard Medical School and of Harvard University
Good News
Four of five stories on trends in American life that appear on national television news describe negative, frightful trends rather than hopeful ones. Crime stories are the top category of local news, outnumbering segments on health, business, and government combined.
Perhaps we require the media to be our sentinel. But we also seek a spark.
The popularity and prestige of science has never been higher because science is forward looking. Science has become the bearer of hope, a source of the sublime.
