I would submit that news has always been bad, going back to the days of travelling bards and Roman newsreaders in The Forum.
For the simple reason that bad news sells better than good.
I would further suggest that if anyone is giving you a steady diet of good news, they are attempting to convince you, or themselves, that things are as bad as they truly are.
But, the cure to too much bad news, or good, is easy ... stop listening. There is nothing to be gained by listening to gloom about things you can't change in place you won't go.
There is so much more in life than listening for the latest propaganda.