If it's scary and violent, it is in the news

See?

These are among the lead stories in the news today:

DEVELOPING STORY

ISIS beheads American

Journalist was 'brave and tireless'

American war reporter James Foley was described by a friend as a "funny, warm, Big Lebowski-loving guy." FULL STORY

• Beheading recalls past horrors
• Video shows beheading of journalist
• WH reacts to Foley beheading  
• Bergen: Is ISIS a threat to the U.S.?
• Yazidi family's harrowing ISIS escape

PROTESTS IN FERGUSON

Protests calm until bottles flew

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder plans to visit Ferguson Wednesday, after a night when bottles flew again and police chased young men. FULL STORY

More:

• Truth hard to find  
• What we know
• Who's who
• 'Agitators' aren't all locals
• Ferguson in turmoil  
• Spike Lee speaks  
• Support grows for officer
• Flipboard

• NO PEACE
  Israel targets Hamas commander in Gaza strike

  
  • Truce talks break down as Israel, militants exchange rocket fire
  • VIDEO: Israel says rockets from Gaza violate cease-fire
  • Purported letter from inside Gaza tells of tunnel toil, Hamas cruelty
   

Just remember, there is good news in the world. Much in fact.

You just rarely see it on the news.

Stay informed folks. But READ your news and READ it from balanced, informed sources that share the good and the bad, providing context for it all.

In today's random crime and violence stories ...

... we see these gems in the mainstream news:

4 found dead in car on rural road
13-year-old girl bitten by shark  
Synthetic drugs' scary reality  
Teens zap kitty in microwave, post it  
Man plotted to eat kids, feds say
Cops: Home had child-size coffin  
Students flee district after teachers defend molester
 
You wonder what the point of these stories is, don't you?

I mean, what do you gain by knowing that these things occurred, especially if they occurred nowhere near you or your town.

Is the point simply to scare the heck out of you? To divert your attention away from other, far more serious issues and harms?

What do you think?

Please tell me you're not letting your kids watch this nonsense