GOOD NEWS DAY

The media, and newspapers especially, is often criticised for only printing bad news, but last week the Edinburgh Evening News in Scotland countered that claim by printing only good news in it's Thursday edition.
There's a reason why newspapers tend to focus on what might appear to be less than happy stories - because that's what people want to read. A newspaper not listening to its readers and providing what they want will soon cease to exist. All media, not just newspapers, is driven by the demands of its readers, listeners and viewers, so those who are critical only have themselves to blame.
Having said that, and having planned the good news edition months ahead, I cannot help but wonder what might have happened it something serious had happened right before deadline? I wonder too about sales of that edition?
Would that 'good news' concept work in Thailand? I don't think so. The Thai language papers do seem to carry quite a lot of crime stories that are often dramatically illustrated. The top-selling daily is the 'worst' for that and I've seen pictures that no UK paper would ever publish. It really is a different world here in so many ways.