Is There Any Good News?
By Harris Sherline
September 21, 2009
I received the following note about my articles from a friend, who had the following request: "Harris, I know that you, more than most, do your homework, do extensive research and you have many informative sources to dig out even the smallest data to confirm and support your submitted facts. With this in mind, could you please double your efforts and try your mightiest to find any good news, that is, if there is any? I'm starved for anything that will cheer us up and make us look forward to the future."
With my friend's entreaty in mind, I googled "good news" to see if there was anything that might cheer him up and, to my surprise, my search generated 317,000 references in just 17 seconds. It's truly mind boggling!
Following are ten of the first references that popped up, all of which looked interesting and worthwhile:
goodnewsnetwork.org
happynews.com
goodnewsdaily.com
silverliningnews.com
goodnewsblog.com
goodnewsbroadcast.com
heroicstories.com
greatnewsnetwork.net
greatnewsindia.com
It turns out that there is so much good news it's almost overwhelming, which raises the question: Why don't we hear more about it? The answer seems fairly obvious: bad news sells and good news doesn't. Tragedy, disaster and fear attract the eyes and ears of readers and listeners, and advertising rates are based on the number of eyes and ears that the various media attract, so that's what we get.
Here is just a sampling of just some of the good news that my brief search surfaced:
Lady Liberty's Crown Opens to Tourists, First Time Since 9/11: July 4th marked the first time visitors could tour the crown of the Statue of Liberty since it was closed following the 9/11 attacks. 240 visitors per day will now be able to reserve a spot in line to climb the 354 steps to the top. But everyone can tour the crown from home by taking the new online virtual tour. (goodnewsnetwork.org)
Simple lotus meditation exercise for your inner harmony and happiness...(goodnewsdaily.com)
Teachers. You Made A Difference Awards: No less than 13 educators, one from each school district, in Licking County were honored with the "You Made A Difference" teaching award as given out by students. (goodnewsblog.com)
"Good News Broadcast has a mission to find, receive, create and broadcast to the world, life-affirming, thought-provoking, educational news, entertainment and events; content that is non-violent, non-sectarian, non-political. We elicit the positive side of news from the world's public, media and journalists in order to generate compelling domestic and international stories."
"A driver's headlights quit on the highway at night. Another driver slows, turns on his brights, lights her way for over an hour to her exit... then turns around to drive back to his original destination." (heroicstories.com)
"Scientists, doctors unite to fight malnutrition. In a new fight against worldwide hunger, a doctor who has long treated malnourished people is working with plant scientists trying to improve the nutritional content of food." (greatnewsnetwork.com)
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