POSITIVE?

    THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2023

                POSITIVE?

    June 22nd is "Positive Media Day!"

The whole idea is to encourage the media

to give us some good news. It's easy in

some cases. Weather for instance. Partly

cloudy and partly sunny are virtually the

same thing. But if you choose to report

that condition as partly sunny you are

giving it a positive spin. I once worked

gor a radio station that devoted one

newscast each day to "positive news." It

was well received when we first started

it. But when there was some major news

event happening, people were much more

anxious to get information about that then

learning about a boy scout getting an award.

It's good to include a positive story when

time and conditions allow. But a newscaster's

job is to give you information about that

smoke you're seen in your community when

you're heading home from work. Even though

it's the title of my blog, "no news" isn't really

good news! It's ignorance! That said, I hope

all your NEWS is good!