Thanks IZ, I thought the "tolerance" wasn't great!
I agree that there is much sensationalism with regard to news reporting of "incidents".
However, on the subject of "good news" reporting, I think you may be reading the "wrong" papers. I often see stories hailing the skills of a pilot. Unfortunately these are often well after the event occurred, usually because of the need to wait until an investigation has deemed the "official" circumstances/cause of an incident. A recent example was the award given to BA Captain Hagan following the Kenya "nutter" incident.
Many stories will never be reported, because the "hero" died during the incident, although Sqn Ldr Andrews was posthumously hailed a hero for taking avoiding action to save people on the ground, after he died when his Hawk crashed in 1999.