fail good story
When a story is presented as heartwarming but ends up illustrating a societal failure. An example of this would be a very elderly cashier getting an award for not missing a day of work in decades, while the US allows his employer to not give paid time off and does not pay a living wage.
Person 1: Did you see that a school got a donation to finally have heating?
Person 2: Considering we are the largest economy in the world, that’s some fail good story material there.
Person 2: Considering we are the largest economy in the world, that’s some fail good story material there.