"Why is it every time the FN Chief says something negative ,the press is all over it ,yet when there is something positive you will have a hard time finding it in the back pages ."

Because misery loves company and joe public loves contention and controversy. Bad news sells and good news doesn't. Notice all of the people who slow or stop to look at an accident on the highway. Advertisers and all manner of media know this stuff and it is taught at colleges. Picture these two headlines: couple makes up after lovers tiff and are re ....... police and armed man in stand-off after three shot dead in appartment. Which one would you read first?