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More and more people are tuning the news out: 'Now I don't have that anxiety

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126 points giuliomagnifico | 3 comments | 07 Sep 25 12:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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cjcenizal ◴[07 Sep 25 15:02 UTC] No.45158794[source]▶
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Fix the News yet (https://fixthenews.com/). If you want a weekly boost of amazing news from around the world, sign up for this newsletter!

For example, did you know that in July 2025, 99.7% of new power capacity added in the US was from clean power (led by Texas)? The EU, US, and UK have committed to a $125 billion global fund to protect the Amazon? The US prison population is the lowest it's been since 1992? A new therapy has successfully cleared 100% of metastatic cancers in trial patients? 1 in 8 kids in Botswana were born with HIV in 2001, but that number has dropped to 1 in 100?

These headlines rarely make the mainstream, but they're the ones that bring me the most hope and joy. If you're looking for positive news, you will love Fix the News.

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1. qcnguy ◴[07 Sep 25 18:46 UTC] No.45161025[source]▶
The problem with this kind of initiative is that people don't agree on what positive news means. Your selection is very ideologically slanted. People on the right could interpret these news stories as negative. For example:

1. 99.7% of power capacity coming from "clean power" can be interpreted by people on the right as the grid getting more expensive and less reliable in order to solve a climate problem they don't think is real.

2. Countries committing to a global fund to protect the Amazon can be interpreted as using money critically needed at home to bribe South Americans into doing what they should already be doing themselves. If the people who actually live next to it don't care enough to protect it themselves then why should random people in Iowa or Ireland be forced to?

3. The US prison population being low is only a positive if crime is low. If people don't feel safe, then it can be interpreted as a result of not locking enough people up, and positive news would be hearing that the prison population is going up. This claim may not feel positive if you just saw the video of the murder of the Ukrainian lady on US public transport by a known-dangerous dude who just randomly stabbed her from behind for no reason.

A news feed that is only positive news for a conservative would obviously look very different to such a feed designed for liberals.

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2. subsection1h ◴[07 Sep 25 19:31 UTC] No.45161403[source]▶
> The problem with this kind of initiative is that people don't agree on what positive news means.

A newsletter is problematic if it doesn't cater equally to people who believe that climate change is a hoax? Seriously?

3. Herring ◴[07 Sep 25 21:12 UTC] No.45162206[source]▶
Nope, even conservatives find leftist causes more moral: https://www.psypost.org/new-psychology-research-finds-leftis...

It's easy even for children and many animals to understand the Golden Rule: treat others like you'd want to be treated. It generally takes an adult to fail to understand it.