Newspapers as Vehicles of Hope

"I had to read to page seven in the newspaper today to find a good news story."  I hear comments like this from Bart regularly at the breakfast table.  I choose not to read the paper, but look over the headlines from across the table to see what I need to know as a way of keeping myself up to date. 

I am not burying my head in the sand or pretending that horrible things are not happening on our streets and homes.  I believe, instead, that it helps us to work toward solutions when hopeful actions, thoughts, feelings, and relationships are made visible and accessible.   

This leads me wonder if more people, like myself, would read newspapers, if like Bart suggested, the good news story had been placed on page one.  

HOPE WEEK (February 1 - 6) would be a great time to experiment.  What do you think?