Saint John — After Saint John’s Deputy Mayor Shirley McAlary called for a four-month ban on “negative” news during a city council meeting, the idea was met with some ridicule from the press.
But Mayor Don Darling ran with the idea, deciding to take it one step further.
“Sure, no negative news would make us at best a neutral city, but we have to prove we’re the best city!” explained Darling to the gathered press. “I can’t trust anyone in the so-called ‘media’ to report the facts, so our city is going to be launching our own positive, real news channel called Uptown News! Named after our beautiful, spotless uptown area.”
(The Manatee would like to once again point out that Saint John’s “uptown” is what every other city in the world refers to as a “downtown.”)
According to Darling, Uptown News will provide daily articles on various topics including, but not limited to:
https://themanatee.net/saint-john-launching-its-own-positive-news-channel/
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