Do you think if news outlets showed positive stories more than negative it would slowly help the world turn into a better place?

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Um yes absolutely.
People threaten, physically attack, and sometimes actually murder members of my community because of what is covered on the news. Donald Trumps rhetoric has only made it worse for us as well. 
Everything is biased and twisted to fit whatever agenda (on either side). There is so much fearmongering to alienate the "other" and this is what happens as a result.

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Not sure. where I live, the news is more of important things going on rather than it being negative or positive. Dont get me wrong they do have some positive and negative stories too but it's more about keeping you updated with important events going on

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I do. The power of positive reinforcement and all. One of the news houses here have a lot of feel good stories but a lot of the time the negative people comment with things like "isn't there any real news to report" and stuff like that. Which is a pity for them because they obviously only care about the negatives. I love reading a feel good story.

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I don't think it's about positive or negative stories. I think it's about being responsible in what u report. I think some things need to be reported even though they r deemed as negative. But the problem is that they r too worried about ratings, so they will report on anything that will get them the highest rating. Sometimes the reporting is not even true, or has not been accurately verified, but the news outlets just go with it for ratings.

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Yes. The news is honestly so depressing. I used to live in Vegas so the news was terrible. I visited my aunt in Hawaii and the news they watched seemed to put a more positive spin on things and make it more upbeat. It was the first time I didn’t mind watching the news. There are definitely ways to keep the public informed, yet make it not so doomsday.

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We are hardwired to ignore good news, so I think there wouldn't be much of an effect.
 At worst, it would just take time away from important issues that the public should be informed about. At best, it wouldn't do anything but bore us.
And it's a good thing to reflect on the negative. It helps you appreciate what you have. We shouldn't hide from it

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I think it might help, but it won’t help much IF it does at all. History has shown that humanity will be violent, hateful, oppressive, greedy, deceitful, & unjust with or without the news networks.

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I think it would help. Every time I watch the news it's usually just one horrible story after another. When there is a positive story on, I actually do notice and think to myself "it's good to see something actually nice on the news for once" and I know my family feels the same. I think it would just remind people that there ARE good things happening in the world, that it's not all doom and gloom.

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Definitely will have a positive effect. The media plays a significant role in how the society behaves. If it were to spread more positivities, it will reflect on it’s people. 
I may be wrong but I honestly feel like reporting news of shootings have inspired others to do the same.

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Just because a news show doesnt cover the bad and only the good, doesnt mean the bad will go away. Yeah it may make people feel better but that doesnt fix the problem.

Do you think if news outlets showed positive stories more than negative it would slowly help the world turn into a better place?

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