Good news! Hope makes headlines: New study looks at cancer coverage
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
If it bleeds, it leads, or so the old journalistic adage goes. Not necessarily, say researchers from McGill University and the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Jewish General Hospital. In a first-of-its kind study that analyzes how cancer is portrayed in Canadian newspapers today versus 20 years ago, positivity and hope seem to be winning out.