No News is Good News?
The first lesson in Journalism 101 is that “Dog Bites Man” is not a news story. However, “Man Bites Dog” is. Perhaps this explains the multitude of negative headlines meant to catch our attention. Below are examples from today’s (4/15/2026) Baltimore Sun.
- Questions mount after Moore yearbook photo surfaces
- Former inspectors allege fraud in Maryland energy savings program
- Salisbury council advances plan to repeal collective bargaining rights
- Oregon stops issuing commercial driver’s licenses to noncitizens amid fed pressure
- Body of missing man Branson Oduor pulled from Inner Harbor
- Savage library sees more closures amid employee concerns about odor
- Baltimore IG: Current city rules would have blocked major fraud findings
- Harford County lawmakers criticize camp’s lodging plan
- Annapolis man pleads guilty to shooting mother’s boyfriend in foot
- Human remains found behind West Baltimore homes
- Murder trial starts for Abingdon man who shot wife of 25+ years
- WCPS administrator charged with theft, embezzlement, misconduct
- ACLU sues Somerset school board over alleged public records violations
- Baltimore man sentenced for possessing ‘ghost gun’ after prior conviction
- Maryland severs vaccine ties with CDC policies
- Bahamas police release Mich. man questioned after his wife disappeared from couple’s boat
- New cholesterol guidelines affect patients as young as 9
- US Postal Service seeks to raise price of first-class stamps again
- Lackluster beginning to spring homebuying season; 2026 forecast downgraded
- Justice Department moves to toss Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers, Proud Boys
But wait! All is not negative in today’s paper.
- More medics included in proposed Annapolis Fire budget
- Missing Wicomico child found safe after arrests in Mississippi
- Rare leatherback sea turtle spotted off South Carolina coast, first in 23 years
- Tuberculosis vaccine shows promise as once-fatal disease evades treatment
It’s no wonder I skip the news and go straight to the comics and crossword puzzle.
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