{"id":1260,"date":"2021-09-06T14:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T12:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautyforabetterworld.org\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2021-09-06T20:39:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T18:39:06","slug":"reasons-to-be-cheerful-by-david-byrne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/?p=1260","title":{"rendered":"Reasons To Be Cheerful By David Byrne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/David-Byrne-1024x540.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/David-Byrne-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/David-Byrne-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/David-Byrne-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/David-Byrne.png 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We often have the feeling that the media prefer to present bad news (clicks!) instead of the good. 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