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Dec 31, 2004
"That's the conflicting aspect of our time -- that it keeps producing bad news and puts horror on the assembly line even though we are all craving good news. But the good is never completely lost." --Peter Bacher, Bild columnist
Only Good News
Germany's top-selling newspaper, Bild, printed only good news in its Christmas issue! Dropping its daily diet of stories on crime, corruption and evil wrongdoing, Bild's 12 million subscribers read headlines like "No parking tickets today -- traffic wardens have day off!" and "Merry Christmas! Fantastic severance pay package for Laurenz Meyer" (who in fact, had resigned due to a scandal). On page 1, they reported on euro's record high valuations, record consumer spending, lower fees for health insurance, and the rising number of millionaires. The paper even had this headline: "The procreation rate rises each year during the Christmas holidays," after a report that the number of births in Germany rises sharply every year in mid-September -- nine months after Christmas.
BE THE CHANGE
Write to your local newspaper about this story. :)
