GOOD NEWS SEARCH ON GOOGLE - SLIM PICKINGS & FEAR FOR OUR FUTURE
GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG AND THE END OF GOOD NEWS?
As you are all well aware, the sheer volume of ''bad news'' from all areas of the world can tend to disturb some people. Sometimes we may ask ourselves "Isn't someone saving a cat from a tree somewhere? Perhaps nursing a wounded bat back to health after a ceiling fan accident? Maybe a stranger decided to help an old woman carry her numerous bags of Campbells soup across a busy street while onlookers gasped in disbelief?"
"Why didn't he just trip the old bag, take the soup and run?" they may have asked themselves.
Well, the good news is these things are happening. In fact, I can prove it if we are to trust the headlines.
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ is a website that only reports good news. This site initially warmed my heart so much that I decided to click on an article entitled "2 share Nobel prize for work on AIDS and Cancer". Sounds progressive and highly useful. Maybe there is indeed hope for the collective to move forward, I thought at the time.
Let's check this out.When I clicked on the article, the article did not display, but instead the website demanded a subscription to view the 'good news'. Not even a fucking sample? You can't show me one story? Quite a diatribe and somewhat convincing, the website listed reasons for reading positive news:
5 More Reasons to Join
Saves Time - Geri is your personal shopper for good news, gathering it all to your fingertips so you don't have to spend hours searching CNN, ABC and around the globe.
Access to Vast Archives - More than 10 years of archived, searchable positive news stories and inspiration, like the 1998 favorite, "A Brain Tumor - The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"
Finding Birthday Good News - "On This Day in History" is a unique daily column that lists all the good things that have happened historically on any calendar day. GNN-i is the only place to find "On this day" historical info with a positive twist. (Editor's note: If you need to look up specific good news on the day of your birthday, you are in some serious trouble and I sincerely hope you get out of it, my friend.)
Motivates You - Read motivational articles from our panel of experts, like 7 Steps to Contentment and How to Be Happier, and new weekly columns like, Workplace Wednesday and Friday's Word Fast
Improve your Health - Studies show OPTIMISM cuts heart and lung ailments. Wow. There are a variety of payment plans, the recommended one being $97 per year.
SUMMARY: Let's finish this thing off. The question is - is this similar to 'The Secret's principle; paying $23.95 for 'abundance conciousness'? Good luck with that and keep a diary. This seems to be what it comes down to. After all this. It's a market. Our modern gatekeepers are Oprah and anyone with a book who appears on her show. Big business to a shocking extent - especially for content that can be summarized with "Be here now" type ideas, which can be helpful of course. Why is everything an infomercial of some sort? It's difficult to get those credit card numbers from you and it takes a certain tone to achieve it.
You can have good news, but you will have to pay dearly. Save up.
My suggestion to stay positive. Check all trees (the ones that are left) for cats and various wounded animals.
Steve Moore
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