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Originally Posted by NoMoSno
They are posting in their sub-forum given to them by the TOTV Team.
" The Gazette - Local Villages News
Hello TOTV Members -
We were contacted by a local news media company months ago (not affiliated with the developer or any other online news outlet) that gives independent news and breaking stories for The Villages, Florida. Our team here at TOTV has been monitoring and enjoying this refreshing news content about The Villages and residents in The Villages. After months of consideration and review, we voted to let their articles be posted on our site each day. We are putting it as it's own forum so our users are able to comment on the articles and provide feedback or discussion.
They are local, focused on local Villager stories, FREE and not sensationalized news.
We hope you enjoy the content!
TOTV Team "
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Dear TOTV team,
It would have been nice if we had been made aware that this new "news outlet" was to become part of the discussion topics before they just started appearing.
As for "local", that depends on what you mean by local.
"Focused on villager stories" doesn't fit with the horrible act of rape of a young girl in a town 30 ish miles outside of The Villages. These horrible things happen everyday in our state, country and around the world. How far away do they have to be before they are not "local"? And "not sensationalized"? A story of rape is sensationalized by its very nature.
While this is news, it is tragic and horrible, and I, for one, can't say I enjoy this content. It spawns the same kinds of comments that have caused other threads to be closed.
These are my feelings on this.