Do people really want Good News?

I’m not sure that people really want good news. I’m also becoming convinced that many don’t want the Good News. The question though is why? Why would people outright reject, ignore, reason away, twist, and turn Good News into something else?

I go to the gym each week day. Regardless of what equipment I am using, there are two rows of TVs easily within my view. This is especially true when I use the treadmill. I would prefer to not see any TV while I work out — they are a distraction to me. But because they are right there, I often get sucked in from time to time until I realize that I’m gazing at it. The gym has the TVs set to eight different channels — ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, HGTV, ESPN, CNN, and FoxNews. While I was running yesterday, I started to pay attention to what I was being exposed to for the relatively short period of time I was there. In about 10 minutes worth of scanning the TVs, here’s what I was exposed to:

• A scandal involving rich celebrities paying off colleges to let their kids into prestigious schools.
• The R. Kelly sexual abuse situation
• A Catholic Cardinal getting prison time for sexual abuse from two decades before.
• Yet another change in immigration policy designed to keep people out.
• Commercials telling me that I needed this product or that product to be whole, or better.
• A story on the rise of road rage in America.
• Commercials for law firms that are ready to…