Knowing it is happening, you can do things to prepare yourself for bad things that may happen. You can build up your emergency fund, make more connections with people in your community, start preparing to emmigrate, politically organize, or use him as an example to teach the next generation what not to do. Or you can just shrug and say "nuthin' I can do about it". But either way, the information is, at worst, neutral. It is either irrelivant, or can be used to improve your life and the lives of others relative to what they would have been if you didn't know.

Like, if it is your birthday, and the forecast calls for rain, it is a good thing to learn this. Otherwise you may have planned a picnic. Sure, it is "bad news" that it is raining - but it is good that you know, because now you can plan to go to the movies instead.