Absolutely true. Always has done.
Do we love to hear bad news, as humans, to make ourselves feel better - or is it just some kind of way to keep us all from getting too cheerful ?!!
.. and then 'Bitter Lake'
After those two you'll be wearing a tinfoil hat and stocking up on tinned food.
Seriously though, I have to admit myself that I think the world is a bit crap at the moment - but... it's just down to my own trials and tribulations, getting old, and a general malaise...