"Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself!"
John McCain (RIP)

1. How will all Americans benefit from ONM?

Hi! I'm Morgan from Oregon. I'm a father of two, and I have an MBA and a Minor in Computers. Below are my short answers to your 5 most burning questions about this project.
In college, I launched a successful bipartisan political newspaper that brought liberal & conservative students together, working in harmony around topics that divided them. Now I'm launching OurNewsMatters.com (ONM), a free and public website for US news and polling, to tackle fake news and fake polls in America, in order to reverse some of the decline of unity in our government, of democracy in our elections, and of freedom in our daily lives.
ONM is not affiliated with any political party, politician, or interest group. ONM is dedicated to our America, by all Americans, for all Americans. ONM's plan is to become the most visited website for reading US news!

2. How does ONM eliminate fake news?

Simple! ONM is kind of like Facebook, where you can read all the news on one website, but unlike Facebook, ONM is not full of inexperienced or unprofessional or illegitimate news sources.
First, ONM focuses on newspaper articles, not videos or audios like confusing or annoying live debates. Print media is often less sensational and more in depth than televised media, and print media offers the chance for more careful analysis of the topics it covers.
Second, ONM focuses on very reliable newspapers: the top 30 printed newspapers and political magazines in America (10 liberal + 10 conservative + 10 independent/bipartisan) that have been around for decades: NYT, USA Today, Time Magazine, Huffington Post, The Economist, Washington Post, WSJ, Forbes, Reuters, LA Times, Bloomberg News, Daily Beast, The Atlantic, Politico, Mother Jones, Slate, Vox, Newsweek, The Hill, National Review, The Nation, Washington Times, Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, Weekly Standard, The Intercept, Christian Science Monitor, American Spectator, The Fiscal Times, Boston Globe, The Guardian (UK), and The Independent (UK). The top 2 UK newspapers were added to provide an international viewpoint from America's closest ally on US news.
Third, ONM focuses on the most important and most popular articles of each publication by publishing all the articles they post on their own Facebook pages, and reappearing on ONM within a minute or two.

3. How does ONM combat polarizing news?

While article links from the past 24 hours are published on the homepage of ONM for daily news visitors, they are also sorted by 20 categories (like Economy, Education, Elections, Energy, Environment, Gun Laws, Healthcare, Foreign Policy, Government, Immigration, Justice, LGBT, Military, News Media, Religion, Seniors, Trump, Women...) that contain almost 200 hot issues (like Medicare, Universal Healthcare, Vaccination, College Tuition, Religious Freedom, Abortion, Muslim Ban, Iran, North Korea, Arming Teachers, 3-D Printed Guns, Renewable Energy, Fracking, Mexican Border Wall, GMO Food, Medical Marijuana...).
So you can choose a specific issue that you're interested in and chronologically (from newest to oldest) read all the titles of the mixed partisan articles related to that issue from those 30 reliable news sources, thereby getting a little taste of some news from the other side of the political spectrum, instead of always reading from one same biased source.
You can always click on an interesting link from an unfamiliar newspaper, or you can keep reading articles from your favorite newspaper until you use up your monthly quota of free articles, then be forced to look for other reliable publications on ONM for the rest of the month.
ONM is basically a free online library containing an up-to-the-minute history of the best articles about important American issues that people can easily access and explore for various studies & educational purposes.

4. How does ONM improve our polling system?

In the 2016 election, Republican primary candidates were chosen to be on the crowded prime time debates based on their various poll numbers, so polls now have a direct impact on the outcomes of our elections!
But no pollster currently offers anonymous transparent polling, so no pollster can be fully trusted, especially when most of the major pollsters belong to news organizations with political agendas. The only way for polling to be automated and therefore fully transparent is online, not by phone. ONM basically innovates the outdated political polling industry with a free anonymous public online polling process that generates free instant results, thereby optimizing transparency, accuracy, and trust.
Each ONM news page (containing 1 of the 200 hot issues and its related articles) actually starts with one poll related to that issue... For details on how ONM's polling system is 15 ways better than current pollsters, visit "About US" on OurNewsMatters.com.

5. How will this funding propel ONM?

I have already successfully completed the initial phase of building the website and testing its marketing strategies after investing $25,000. Over 20,000 online votes have been cast on ONM polls during the testing phase.
Now I need your help to find an additional $48,000 to (1) implement the website's final features, (2) buy a secure computer & a dedicated server to protect the data from hacking, and (3) activate the mechanism by hiring 2 part-time employees to update online content with daily news (while I handle marketing and accounting).
Once the news side is activated with hiring, ONM can become sustainable by generating revenues from advertising on the website and from selling poll results on ONM.com with a credit card for $1 per poll per zip code or for $500 per national survey with a margin of error below 3.5%.

Thank you so much!

As a father, your support means the world to me, as I'm trying to contribute towards building a healthier, smarter, and more peaceful world for my kids and for future generations in America and the world. I would be most grateful for your help and generosity in making America greater. We can only do it together, as one big American family.
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Thank you for your time and contributions, and have a beautiful day.