Why people fall prey to negativity?

There are so few discussions, Urfun2, that take my interest, that it is a relief when one looks as if it is about something that interests me. Your discussion is the kind that interests me. That's why I pounced on it. As for negativity, it is very easy to be negative. Do you notice how the media seems to concentrate on the negative things in the world. Sure, there's lots of bad things going on, but there are good things, too. These hardly rate a mention, especially in newspapers. When the media, and government too, present and discuss negative issues so often, don't you think this helps the people to think negatively? What we need to have are TV channels (free-to-air?) that accentuate the positive - successful people telling us how they succeeded, and all sorts of programs that help people to be creative, discover the career (or business ) of their choice. But no, it's negative, negative all the way. It's almost as if there's a government/media conspiracy to maintain a level of negativity to keep control over us.