Quote:
Originally Posted by Bucco
Curious...can you define the Daily Suns bias ? In what way do they show this bias ?
Been here for over 20 years....just wondering what you discovered that makes you say what you are saying , and that doe not say I disagree, but if you are going make this accusation, it needs to be spelled out.
That is what adults do.
Thank you
If you wish, I will promise to respond, but want to hear what you say first.
|
I found the stories on the front page of The Daily Sun over the past few weeks, related to impact fees, were clearly biased, attempting to sway public opinion against the 3 commissioners who voted in favor of raising the fees. Call me naive, but I only learned a couple of weeks ago that the Sun is owned by The Villages Developer, so I was angry when I found that out. I thought they should have put a disclaimer on those stories, since the developer clearly has a big stake in these tax increases.
I've only lived in TV 8 months, and have been a subscriber to the Sun for 6 months. To be honest, the fact that it took me this long to notice the bias is a tribute to their editors. One of the reasons I subscribe to the Sun is for the world and national news from the Associated Press. Since I was a teenager, I have trusted the AP for its unbiased reporting, and I was determined to keep reading the AP stories when I moved to TV; but you can't read their stories on-line - as far as I know you can only get them in printed newspapers.
The Villages Developer is well known to have political leanings, nationally as well as locally. The Sun editors get hundreds of AP stories every day, and they get to choose which stories to run, where to place them, and how to headline them. Last year, there were many AP stories featured prominently on the front page of the Sun, fact-checking the president. That the developer allowed the editors the freedom to choose all these stories is a big plus in the Sun's favor.
So I'm not cancelling my subscription to the Sun, I'm just moving ahead with a little less naivete.