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Originally Posted by djl8412
Steve Z:
It's surprising to see you your skin so thin when the reporter called TV a playground for retirees. With all the advertising TV does nationwide for all the activities and amenities here, it doesn't seem insulting when one uses that summary. I kind of think it's a playground even though I'm not retired yet and I like it here. It sure ain't no nursing home.
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Of all of my many faults, "thin skin" isn't one of them.
I love it here, too. And I agree that it's no nursing home. But it isn't an amusement park, either.
In Post #62 there was notice that when the Sentinel columnist wrote on the bond topic, it was done with "fact with an opinionated slant." And at the end of the post was the notice that a "reporter" instead of a columnist also wrote an article on the topic, as if the fact that the "reporter's" writing was devoid of opinion.
"Playground" is hardly an objective description of The Villages, anymore than "Orlando Makes Me Smile" (the official slogan of Orlando Tourism) describes the true City of Orlando - which ranked #6 in Forbes' Top 15 most dangerous cities in the USA (April 2009). Which is true (both, either or neither?) Marketing slogans are subjective hype. To insinuate they represent and claim them as an "objective description" of the place is poor reporting and worse editing, unless there is indeed "columnist" intent versus journalistic objectivity.