NBC Nightly News concludes most of its broadcasts with a segment that it calls \u201cInspiring America.\u201d Because so much \u201cbad news\u201d is reported, particularly on the local news, NBC likes to include a \u201csunshine story\u201d in as many broadcasts as possible.<\/p>\n

The problem is that there seems to be just about as much sensationalizing in reporting \u201cgood news\u201d as bad news. This was very apparently on Wednesday, July 12, when the \u201cInspiring America\u201d segment was on the \u201cnew\u201d development of American workers taking mental health days.<\/p>\n

Here is anchor Lester Holt\u2019s introduction to the story, both before and after the lead-in commercial:<\/p>\n

When we come back, who hasn’t needed a mental health day? We’ll go to one company where they’re actually embracing that concept.<\/p>\n

{Commercials}<\/p>\n

Finally, tonight, a woman in Michigan just might’ve done more to highlight the importance of mental health in this country than anyone else recently, simply by what she told her boss when she called in sick recently. And it drew a surprising response that has touched so many others. Here’s NBC’s Kevin Tibbles with the story.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n