So what does good news mean?

We live in a time where any event can be portrayed as the most wonderful or horrible thing by different news sources. If a politician is caught having an affair, if America pulls out of a country, if protests are happening, people are bound to disagree about whether it’s good or bad. One news source could say it’s a disgrace, the other could say it’s fantastic and it could be said in such a way that makes people who read the other news source seem “wrong.” But that type of thinking is horrible for when we need to talk to each other about important issues. What’s more, with comments on the internet, any story no matter how positive or negative can be spun to appear the other way. If I shared a story that was overwhelmingly positive like a study showing that dogs are now living happier lives, someone from the anti-dog movement could flood the comments with anti-dog content and make the readers doubt that dog happiness is really a good thing. Or if I posted about a tragedy in Africa someone could fill the comments with racist slurs and laughing emojis until the severity of the event is totally lost.

For this reason we try to go deeper with the good news we share. For us, good news means any story that is moving our world towards a more livable, free, peaceful, prosperous and just place. Stories about someone we don’t like getting shamed on Twitter or caught doing something embarrassing don’t count. Nor do little cute stories like a lost kid finding their way home or a cute proposal at a ballgame. Those are nice, but ultimately they do not serve you and are not really news. The stories here are meant to show you important and uplifting things happening in the world that leave the reader knowing that while the world is full of horrible things it is much more full of wonderful things. We believe this helps give our readers a view that is closer to reality and helps them enjoy life and not be consumed by the negativity of regular news sources.