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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 3 years ago

What if Media news outlet reported ONLY solid reports of Positive , productive people and the things they were accomplishing EXCLUSIVELY ?

It appears that most Media today concentrates on misfits , crime , scandal , dysfunction and failure to attract viewers . What do you think of doing exactly the OPPOSITE . Would that attract your viewership ?

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  • 3 years ago

    Maybe -- part of the time

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    It exists, and it goes nowhere Fast.

    https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

    http://www.healthylife.net/

    https://www.positive.news/

    Good, positive life is What is Expected. There is no excitement in NORMAL.

    People want the unusual, the dirty, the crime. things they do not do, hear about, or see every boring day.

    I think back in the 1970s or so, some small News Paper or TV station tried to spoon feed sweetness & smiles to the public, and went out of business or changed its format.

  • 3 years ago

    News reports on the exceptions, the lurid, the shocking, and the disastrous. A steady diet of good news doesn't sell soap. Occasional feel good stories are all you will get.

    Even as crime rates were falling over the previous 2 decades the percentage of time TV news devoted to crime stories increased.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    3 years ago

    we are only as strong as our weakest link. sure there needs to be a balance but I am personally more interested in adversity to learn how to overcome it

  • ?
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Positive or negative ,,,,,, I'd just appreciate some accuracy .

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Some outlets like to have their ."..and finally bits" - some heartwarming tale that makes you want to throw up. If you are advocating wall to wall schmaltz, count me out.

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    So, like, no reports of approaching hurricanes?

  • Leo
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    That wouldn't be reality.

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