Why Good News Is Worth the Effort with Journalist David Begnaud
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Let's talk about good news.'Cause you and I have that in common. I think there's a craving for of a positivity. I meet it on the street every day. I don't watch the news anymore. I can't stand the news. I only want the good stuff. I only want the hard stuff. It's what I hear all the time. But it frustrates me because you say you want it, but you guys don't watch it in a way that meaningfully rates or meaningfully makes money. Fear. is louder than hope. A story about a horrible murder is more, dare I say it, attractive.
Than a wedding, for example. And for good reason. We're attracted to bad news because that fear, that paranoia, helps us stay alive. At least it did in caveman times. And even though our world has changed. Our biology hasn't. And news organizations exploit that for ratings.
Which is why I wanted to talk to journalist David Begnow. For twenty years David covered the worst days of people's lives. As the lead national correspondent for CBS News. Until it actually broke him. He walked away intent to tell the feel-good stories that unite us, or at least to prove that spreading good news is a worthwhile pursuit, and pursue them, he does.
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