I have what I think is a good idea

[Oregonhunter5]

I was just finishing up my morning run this morning, and had a good idea.

Start a news report. Maybe just web based. The title of the site will be called
"GOOD NEWS".
Think about all the negative stuff we get pushed on us daily.
Have a site that is all good news. Uplifting stories of what humans do daily.
I don't know. It may just work!

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[Unka-Boo]

That would be nice for a change.

 

[USMC-03]

I'm all for the idea.

We live in times where positive messages are in short supply. All to many people are programmed for immediate emotional reactions and seem interested in only the negative.

Here are a couple of media organizations I follow that at least offer a broad perspective:

Home

www.humanprogress.org

Our World in Data

Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems

ourworldindata.org

 

[OldTengu]

It would be great, I think. One thing I noticed years ago, while living in Kansas City during one of its worst periods of violence, was how little it was shown on television. There were bits here and there, but mostly they didn't cover it. When I moved back home to Oregon, I noticed right away that the news focused on everything like it was a reason to hide in your basement. I think the former was preferable.

 

[RicInOR]

If you look around, you can probably compile a list of sites that do just this ---

Start on Facebook - Mike Rowe's "tv" show - it is FB only.

 

[Stomper]

I was just finishing up my morning run this morning, and had a good idea.

Start a news report. Maybe just web based. The title of the site will be called
"GOOD NEWS".
Think about all the negative stuff we get pushed on us daily.
Have a site that is all good news. Uplifting stories of what humans do daily.
I don't know. It may just work!

The MSM absolutely HATES HATES HATES any and all competition...


You will be instantly attacked, called racist, extremists, anti-government, homophobic, sexist, and a wiper of other people's bottoms.

 

[titsonritz]

The MSM absolutely HATES HATES HATES ant and all competition...


You will be instantly attacked, called racist, extremists, anti-government, homophobic, sexist, and a wiper of other people's bottoms.

True story.

 

[KKG]

I was just finishing up my morning run this morning, and had a good idea.

Start a news report. Maybe just web based. The title of the site will be called
"GOOD NEWS".
Think about all the negative stuff we get pushed on us daily.
Have a site that is all good news. Uplifting stories of what humans do daily.
I don't know. It may just work!

IIRC KOMO Channel 4 TV(1000 on the AM dial) did just that many years ago.

 

[11Charlie]

I think it would be a nice change! A change that will more than likely hit a lot of resistance!

 

[No_Regerts]

With as schitty as the world and humankind has become, you'll save money on writers and editors.

 

[RicInOR]

The Good News Network: Positive Stories 24/7

Your daily source for only good news: Inspiring stories and images from around the world will make you feel uplifted, optimistic and positive about life.

www.goodnewsnetwork.org

 

[No_Regerts]

I thought I had a good idea once. Combine bikini baristas with Uber. I was gonna call it bUber. Already been done.

 

[11Charlie]

bUber

Not coming up on giggle search

 

[No_Regerts]

Not coming up on giggle search

Wisconsin Frat Guy Creates Boober – Uber With Boobs - The Total Frat Move Archive

The first time that Joseph Benedick, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Tichigan where he is president of the Lambda Omicron fraternity, got into an Uber, he knew there was something missing.

totalfratmove.com

 

[OldTengu]

It would be great, I think. One thing I noticed years ago, while living in Kansas City during one of its worst periods of violence, was how little it was shown on television. There were bits here and there, but mostly they didn't cover it. When I moved back home to Oregon, I noticed right away that the news focused on everything like it was a reason to hide in your basement. I think the former was preferable.

Another thing that may be worth comparison, is that missouri is traditionally a very red state, where gun control is not so strict, and people will shoot back. In the worst of the post Katrina gang violence days, where the murder rate rivaled the worst in the country, it was barely a news story. I came back to Oregon, which was as blue as ever, in October 07, there had been something around 30 murders, and it was a dominant force in the news.

 

[Rickenbacher39]

I don't remember where, but a few years ago a tv station began a 1/2 hour
of nothing but good news reports.
It was cancelled after 2 months.
It seems nobody watched.
People like their news bloody and tragic with all the excess drama the teleblabber can muster.
My wife and I do not watch news of any kind because we killed our tv. Now that right there was drama.
A cat up a tree 5 states away really isn't that urgent in my world and the rest of it
is just exploitation of people's misery.
When it's all bad news none of it is bad news. People have gone numb to it.
Think of Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry".

 

[Oregonhunter5]

The MSM absolutely HATES HATES HATES ant and all competition...


You will be instantly attacked, called racist, extremists, anti-government, homophobic, sexist, and a wiper of other people's bottoms.

That's easy. Just put what you said on the front page. Warning! This positive news site will be attacked by the MSM.

 

[Kruel J]

I thought I had a good idea once. Combine bikini baristas with Uber. I was gonna call it bUber. Already been done.

OFFS.

 

[CountryGent]

Excellent idea. So much negative crap these days.

P.S. bUber sounds like a winning business plan.

 

[Oregonhunter5]

Yea it seems like a great idea.
I'd do my best to mock nobody. Just love them to insanity.