Everyday, if you take a look in the newspaper,T.V, radio and other media you can find great quantity of bad news. Most of them are about violence, corruption and negative aspects of education, health and other topics.
Unfortunately, in our country, people get used to bad news because the media only focuses on transmitting bad or negative news instead of good and positive news. This might happen because we live in a country of poverty and slow development in which we tend to see only the bad side of things. People in Guatemala are so used to these kind of news that when they hear or see good news, they are not even surprised!
In our opinion, we think that the media should publish or broadcast more positive news. By doing this, people can open their eyes and that Guatemala has more to offer than just negative things. In consequence, people people would get used to good news, so when they see bad news they will want to do something to change the issue.
We also think that the government does not help to make any change in the country for people's needs because they are more focused on getting rich. So these bad decisions and actions get the media's attention and all they want to publish are these bad actions and decisions that were made instead of the good actions and decisions they make for Guatemala.
Lately, we can see that guatemalan sports occupy the first in Central America, Guatemala's tourism is one of the highest in Central America as well and we can also see that the communications ministry is worried about building new roads... the media should publish these type of news more often to let people see that we -as a country- have more potential that we normally think we have; we tend to underestimate Guatemala.
Getting used to good news will be a slow process, but it will be worth it. Changing the people's point of view about the country will create a positive effect because they will not only see the good in Guatemala, but everywhere and in any situation.
So in the end, publishing good news will make a radical change in people's way of thinking. They will have more hope in the country's development and they will see that Guatemala has more to offer.
