One of the things that changed my perspective on life and the media was back in 2020 when Australia broke the record for the longest period without a recession (it was 30 years, to put that in perspective, the longest the US has gone without one is 10 years). That achievement was barely celebrated, relegated to a small paragraph on page 10 of most papers. You think that we as a country could say, "Things arent perfect, but boy what a testament to the country as a whole, governments, individuals, Australian industry etc". But no, it just came and went without much fanfare. It dawned on me that the media just peddle in misery, it doesnt matter how great things are the media will spend 99% of its time on the negative.