Getting an update is always good.  Even if the news isn’t.

When your contractor calls you to say he’s over budget, you’re glad you got the update.  When the subway announces the train will be stopped for ten minutes, you’re glad you got the update.  When your waiter says they’re out of the dover sole, you’re glad you got the update.

Good updates are obviously better.  But the bad ones are better than nothing.

So if getting updates is so good, why not give more?