As part of this Loss and Grief project I started. I took a look at both the Fox News and CNN web sites under their World sections. Here are their top stories at the same time:
FoxThousands trapped by snow in Bosnia
Fox
Over 200 dead in Syrian town as UN votes down resolutionProtesters attack 7 Syrian embassies around world in wake of bloody crackdownReport: North Korea using old, US-made drones
Thousands trapped by snow in Bosnia
Dozens dead in Egypt after soccer fans stampede after game
So many more “Depressing” other stories I could fill the entire blog.
CNN
Libya’s Saif Gadhafi could be tried within weeks, official says
- Protesters clash with police in Cairo as anger mounts
- Heathrow cancels flights as snow blankets London
- Papua New Guinea to shift to recovery mode in ferry sinking
- Thousands stranded by rising floodwaters in Australia
- Finland set to elect new president
- U.S. brigadier general dies in Afghanistan
- Dozens killed at South Sudan peace meeting
- Iran’s leader warns U.S. on war | Bluff or not? | Could Israel strike?
Do you see any positive or uplifting stories? I did not see a one. The closest I could find one was the story on Finland elections. Otherwise all had some sort of loss or grief associated with them. It is strange how this seems to be a norm of life. Lets read about the pain of everyone. It is not that we have no pain to experience on our own. However, if someone has pain, does this seem to lessen our hurts? Does it provide a divergence of our own losses?