Maybe, the person or thing that does the action does not have to be mentioned and so the news is not so severe.
Compare:
A gunman shot James. -- active sentence
James has been shot. -- passive sentence
passive voice
The risks as such are the same, but since the smoke you get into you from passive smoking is more diluted passive smoking is a bit less bad.
Bad News - Ligeia album - was created in 2007-12.
I have good news and bad news which do you want to here first.
Bad News ended in 1988.
Bad News was created in 1983.
The saying the bearer of bad news means the person who told you the bad news. It is generally used by people before they tell you the bad news as a way of preparing you for the harsh news ahead.
the good news is
More Bad News ... was created in 1994.
Bad News Baseball happened in 1989.
Bad News Weekly - 2013 Bad News LIVE 1-11 was released on: USA: 2 December 2013
They could be smiling if it is good news or if they are frowning its bad news.