Has society driven you into the negativity bias? If so How?

SFC Stephen King Mass media feeds off negative information and plasters us with headlines sometimes for weeks on end of negative aspects of events, seldom do we hear about a positive aspect of goodwill occurring within the event.
Mass media feeds us unimportant events for example right now in the news we're all hearing about Eathan Couch being caught. His case is remarkable only because a Judge bought his defense (I'm not responsible for the manslaughter of 4 people because I'm rich and my parents didn't provide me with limits aka the Affluenza defense). This news is important only to a microcosm of people and needs to be recognized as such, it is not news worthy of national attention.
This type of reporting has led me to stop watching news on the T.V. and to seek alternative sources.

I was going to try being a pessimist, but figured it probably wouldn't work anyway.

I see the glass as it has water and I am thirsty.