What if Their Was A News Station That Only Aired Positive Things?

If there was a quick buck to be made doing positive news someone would have done it by now.

Ryan I think it would be a huge impact to have a positive station , Negativity has taken over in the world, that is why I live for the Lord only to be positive there is none greater than my Lord Jesus Christ.

My thoughts are, that people are tired of the bad news all over the world and a Goodness Radio, TV etc would certainly be welcome, unfortunately the owner may just have to get a donor to help with the initial funding until a majority appreciate it enough to make it self sustaining.

What a great idea! Too bad it doesn't happen. Someone here should do that and call it the positive news channel or something like that haha.

It's all about perspective and how you react to negativity around you. I believe positivity and negativity could not exist without the other, even in an ideal world. From the existence of negativity emerges the strength and will to go through the rough times, i.e. positivity, which makes us stronger.

That is a bold idea. However, there ARE people that are trying this now. Check this out:

Happy News - Real News. Compelling Stories. Always Positive.

and...

Only Positive News

I've always wished for that - I know we are meant to be pumped full of every hateful, horrifying, negative pile of ****e that goes on but wheyyy hayyy - I avoid all of it and would love to hook up to a 'good news only option'

I have noticed I infuriate some people by my very naughty attitude and refusal to watch or read the nasty stuff - I just say, hey ho, my body chemicals are all the better for it - I cant trust myself not to get sad or have nightmares and the funny thing is, I havent missed out. People have a habit of 'blurting' bad news so I usually end up finding out whats going on in the world.

great post!

Years ago I heard a saying referring to the news media. It went, "Bad news is good news, good news is no news". I think that pretty much sums up the news then and now.

Oh people are totally not ready for a positive station, it would have happened by now as already someone stated. The best thing to do is to just cut yourself off from it. People thrive on low energies because it is easier that way. Higher energies are more difficult to attain if you are not ready to work on attaining it. That is why those who give out higher vibrations will repel the ones who feed off of lower energies. Sad but true.

I think if this was a station it would be full of birth and wedding announcements, ha ha.

There would be no sports as the result will always be negative for someone. And the weather would only be reported when it was a nice day.

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Check this out Good News Network. People do love good news.

In theory it's a good idea ... and I've often pondered this myself ...

My question though is, if all the news were to be positive, how would you stay up to date on the important happenings around the world?

For example, things like the Japan Tsunami's ... the floods in Australia ...

No we don't need to go all doomsday about it ... but contrary to belief, ignorance is not bliss ... It's just ignorance.

So, how would you propose staying up to date without being taken down by the negativity of most news?

With Love & Gratitude,
--Sean Patrick Simpson
www.AdventuresInManifesting.org

Interesting observations, but I think there are a number of things involved. As usual, things are not so simple as tney might appear, when it comes to human interactions.

The old saws for the media industries ("if it bleeds it leads" "put in a fluff piece to end on a good note" "Bad news is good news, good news is no news" and "bad news sells newspapers") are all well known and have basis in apparent fact.

One might question WHY this is true. Perhaps it is because people are attracted to sensationalism, as a way of escaping their own relatively dreary lives. Perhaps it is because seeing the ills of others in a public forum, they can somehow feel superior that they aren't in the same situation. Perhaps it is just because they find this sort of journalism entertaining. When I say people, I refer to the mass-market folk that are attracted to this sort of media or controlled by it. Unfortunately, there will always be a certain percentage of our society that falls into this category.

On the other hand, there has been a movement of sorts, of people with a positive approach to life, a positive approach to their own situation and the exploration of the knowledge and techniques needed to create change. We have the opportunity to grow this segment of our population, while enriching our own lives and fortunes. Will this sell newspapers? Or be featured on newscasts and other mainstream media? Probably not, at least not until we finally achieve the "tipping point" where a majority of people find that they can affect their lives positively, through active steps to bring their lives into focus.

I'm not suggesting we ignore the public press, after all, we do need to keep an idea of what is happening in the world. I'm just saying we don't need to dwell on it needlessly, or let it negatively affect us. By the way, it's not just the news media, but some of our "entertainment" as well. I've a relative that watches one of the "America's most wanted" shows all the time. It scares the hell out of her every week. She lives near a little podunk town in rural America, and is highly unlikely to ever encounter anyone ever featured on the show, but nonetheless watches it every week, without fail. I've not quite figured out her motivation for watching the show because it creates such fear in her life, but that's her reality, not mine.

Given the explosion of information, and the reporting we see, we might easily fall into the trap of thinking the world is becoming a worse place to live every day. This misjustice or that, a murderer here or there, siblings mistreating or killing one another. Accidents and disasters that are covered in excruciating detail. All of these things make one wonder what the world is coming to. I believe these things have been happening at much the same rate for our entire lives, but with the currentl availability of information, we are now able to hear about things that would have been held locally, not all that many years ago. I don't think people are fundamentally any worse than they were, say, in the fifties or sixties, we are just able to hear about it easier.
Of course, there may be a small segment of the population, the "copy cat" folks that are affected more these days due to the sensationalism and noteriety from some of the negative things being reported. They were there before, just not affected as much because the information travelled slower.

I think it may still be a while before there the "good news" programs outnumber the existing media outlets, but am looking forward to seeing more of the positive and less of the negative over time.

such a station would come in handy,especially in countries like the one im from,where being an election year..the media houses are giving more airtime to politicians airing their competitors dirty linen

If only they could focus on the positive side of each of the aspirants!

yes, i think airing bad news is just going to add more bad people because they learnt from it. but the good thing is, we could be more careful with new bad modus and stay aware. but this kind of news station is a lot anyway.

so this idea is so inspiring.

how about someone who knows media make a proposal for this idea and offer this to some channels? maybe it's gonna work.

Nobody would watch it or at least it would die from lack of viewers and that's what pays for it....viewers = advertising sponsors. There is a certain element of enjoyment people get from watching disaster and grief, let's be open about that.

I think that this concept had been tested some years ago.. But did not work..

if it bleeds it leads

Cheers,

Gary

If there was a news channel that only reported good and positive things then the rating for it would be down and not a whole lot of people would even consider watching it.

You can't tell someone to watch this type of news when you brainwashed them since they were kids to watch bad and sad news.

The irony is that the "personal development" industry is focused mainly on positive thinking and this industry is worth BILLIONS of $$$...

So... why would this not work as a news programme? The market is there already and it could be monetise easily by simply selling audio programs or books at the end of the program.

I believe most people enjoy seeing success and rag to riches stories as they make us feel inspired about the world...

My 2 cents