Reporting Bad Things: The Demise of the Printed Newspaper

I’ve been wondering lately if the demise of the big city printed newspaper is being driven by a fundamental difference in what we can find in the print media and on the Internet.
That difference is that in newspapers I can find very little other than bad news in the articles covering most of the pages. The lowest attributes of people are documented daily, interspersed only once in a while with a positive event or the showing of simple human kindness. I find that the only time I smile when reading the Washington post each morning is reading the comic strip “Pickles and a few others on the comics pages.
On the Internet I can see and preview all of that if I want, but I can also easily find articles about good things that have occurred in the world, articles about the creative spirit of many people, and articles that create hope for humanity’s future.
On the Internet I can choose if I want to be soured that day on the state of humanity, or if I want to concentrate on the good, the nice, the funny, or the creative spirit of mankind, and by doing so I can start my own day feeling good, or feeling fearful and down.
I’m trying hard lately to concentrate more on the positive events in the world than on the negative ones, and I’m starting to think about ending my subscription to the Post.