Liberals Share ‘Positive’ Stories on Facebook; Conservatives Go ‘Negative’

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by: John McDermott | Digiday

In early February, Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington sent a memo to her staff, urging it to increase its coverage of “positive stories.” The conventional wisdom of “if it bleeds, it leads” — that readers and viewers are more apt to consume news about the traumas of the world — was no longer applicable, she wrote.

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