Journalism needs to focus on what's new, what's surprising and what's uncertain.
That's why the news can give you such a false picture of reality - because lots of important things are not uncertain. And they're not that new; but we just don't talk about them in the media because they are no longer 'surprising'.
As Hans Rosling said, you can't get an accurate picture of the world from the media, you need actual education for that.
