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I think there absolutely would be enough if they also covered international stories as well as happier news. There's a whole lot more good going on in the world

I think there absolutely would be enough if they also covered international stories as well as happier news. There's a whole lot more good going on in the world right now than bad, but for some reason we do not highlight it.

ap99 6mo ago
"For some reason" is that people do not watch it. Once you get a taste of "bad" it dominates.
- ranger_danger 6mo ago
  Maybe for some people, but I see no reason we shouldn't seek out and show good news... I think it makes people happier.
  - lotsofpulp 6mo ago
    Good news is much easier to fake.
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- wat10000 6mo ago
  It's important to remember that actually reporting news is a tertiary purpose of the news business. The primary purpose is to sell advertising. The secondary purpose is to get eyeballs onto their product, in order to facilitate the primary purpose. Reporting news is only done because it's how they've chosen to get those eyeballs.
Ylpertnodi 6mo ago
'Good going on', rarely affects my wallet.
- SkyeCA 6mo ago
  And most of the "bad going on" is completely out of your control. People could do with consuming a lot less national/international news.
- ranger_danger 6mo ago
  There are other valid reasons to watch the news though.
throwaway27448 6mo ago
> There's a whole lot more good going on in the world right now than bad, I have no clue how you could ever even estimate this sort of ratio. How do you even quantify the "number of things going on", let alone confidently split them into good and bad?
harimau777 6mo ago
I think that a lot of the issue might be that the "good" is often irrelevant to the user. E.g. Great news! Scientists discover new drug for treating cancer (in mice).
HerbManic 6mo ago
As they say "If it bleeds it leads" Mentally you tend to equally weigh both good and bad news over a long time span, but negative news gets a much quicker and stronger initial reaction, thus it gets priority. Just an evolutionary trait, don't wait to see if the shadow is a tiger just assume it is about to attack. This is why social media ends up the way it is, that quick reaction is what the algorithms pick up on even if long term it isn't any different. It is a hard issue to overcome especially when it is a free market race to the bottom.

ap99 6mo ago

"For some reason" is that people do not watch it. Once you get a taste of "bad" it dominates.

ranger_danger 6mo ago
Maybe for some people, but I see no reason we shouldn't seek out and show good news... I think it makes people happier.
- lotsofpulp 6mo ago
  Good news is much easier to fake.
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wat10000 6mo ago
It's important to remember that actually reporting news is a tertiary purpose of the news business. The primary purpose is to sell advertising. The secondary purpose is to get eyeballs onto their product, in order to facilitate the primary purpose. Reporting news is only done because it's how they've chosen to get those eyeballs.

Ylpertnodi 6mo ago

'Good going on', rarely affects my wallet.

SkyeCA 6mo ago
And most of the "bad going on" is completely out of your control. People could do with consuming a lot less national/international news.
ranger_danger 6mo ago
There are other valid reasons to watch the news though.

throwaway27448 6mo ago

> There's a whole lot more good going on in the world right now than bad, I have no clue how you could ever even estimate this sort of ratio. How do you even quantify the "number of things going on", let alone confidently split them into good and bad?

harimau777 6mo ago

I think that a lot of the issue might be that the "good" is often irrelevant to the user. E.g. Great news! Scientists discover new drug for treating cancer (in mice).

HerbManic 6mo ago

As they say "If it bleeds it leads" Mentally you tend to equally weigh both good and bad news over a long time span, but negative news gets a much quicker and stronger initial reaction, thus it gets priority. Just an evolutionary trait, don't wait to see if the shadow is a tiger just assume it is about to attack. This is why social media ends up the way it is, that quick reaction is what the algorithms pick up on even if long term it isn't any different. It is a hard issue to overcome especially when it is a free market race to the bottom.