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> No. The author indicated that the exceptional (and it was, indeed, "exceptional") generosity and sense of Duty, exhibited by the townsfolk was ignored by the
by rospaya 4y ago
> No. The author indicated that the exceptional (and it was, indeed, "exceptional") generosity and sense of Duty, exhibited by the townsfolk was ignored by the press.
Man bites dog is news. Dog bites man isn't. Sorry to be cold and unaffectionate (I love the story though) but I believe it happens regulary. Big town, small town, there's good people everywhere.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoTerrible people everywhere too. I like hearing about the good folks. It invigorates my soul. Hope is important!
- phtrivier 4y agoI'm pretty sure there is a market for a social network that would tweak their algorithm to present positive content rather than the usual junk, though. It's not like FB or twitter doesn't have the resource and skill to A/B test that - but I'm pretty sure their biased by the 19th century tradition of "sex sells, and we only have one frontpage".
- rospaya 4y agoEvery time I saw a website present itself as "good news only" it was almost always religious in nature. Not sure if there's a market.
- ShroudedNight 4y ago> Man bites dog is news. Dog bites man isn't. I become increasingly convinced that a significant part of our deficiency in reporting is that we've conflated "news" with "current affairs" long enough that we've forgotten that both are actually worthy of mental bandwidth.