[DrBazza]

That's because bad news sells, and no news doesn't.

"But 87 years ago, on 18 April 1930, the BBC's news announcer had nothing to communicate. "There is no news," was the script of the 20:45 news bulletin, before piano music was played for the rest of the 15-minute segment."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39633603

[i_am_nomad]

I can still remember, on an evening back in the 1980s, newscaster Gerrick Utley commenting on “this particularly slow news day.” Even as a dumb kid, I understood that to be a good thing. But I couldn’t have guessed how much I’d pine for another one like it the way I do now.

[pixl97]

Eh, there was plenty of news that day, there just wasnt a global communications network to deliver it in a timely fashion.