We used to do a feature on the show every day where I would report on some uninteresting piece of non-news that is usually true every single day, such as, “Today in reverse news, 120 million children went to school and returned home safely.” The point of this, of course, is to show how the news fails (refuses?) to give context to the negative things it reports. Having us aware of the bad things that do happen (without context) and afraid of the next bad thing that might happen has a fairly negative effect on our psychological condition. So, tonight I thought we’d do a little reminiscing about crises and catastrophes that didn’t materialize.Links:
Great non-catastrophes of the late 20th century
Thwarted terrorist attacks since 9/11 (2007) (Heritage)
The next person who reads this will smell like cheese (book)
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