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Originally Posted by redwitch View Post
pt I'm still leery and still wonder what possible interest Montana could have in any Floridian's opinion on this issue.
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It is logical for locals to want to know more about a person who is charged with crimes that affect them. In Montana, the game herd and hunting is one of the main industries. It is a precious commodity to that state and it is protected vigorously.
If one of Montana's giants of industry was charged with numerous felonies for poaching the Buffalo that had been located in the Villages, Villagers would be outraged. The media, including the Daily Sun would seek comment from people in Montana to gain some knowledge of this individual. We would want to know more about this person. Who is he? Is he known locally for doing this kind of thing? Has he done it before? Did it come as a surprise to the people who know him?
When I was still working in the broadcast news business, my company flew me all over the world, from South America to Siberia and every place in between to get local flavor and comments on news events. It's the normal news gathering process. The "Today Show," Good Morning America" and all of the news programs you watch, send their reporters to every place in the world to bring the news to you. It is not "all" slanted. That's an unfair generalization.
When the news director of this television station did what any other journalist would do, and asked us if we would seek comments from our members, I can't imagine our response having been, "No we won't do that."
Most distrust of the media comes when they report a story that goes against ones political philosophy. Left accuses right and right accuses left of slanted reporting.
Once again, I'll say that it saddens me.....really saddens me.....to think that some of our members believe that we concocted this request for some nefarious reason. We have never done anything to any of you that would demonstrate our intentions to deliberately cause distrust or discontent.
We are not liars. Those who think we are liars are wrong and perhaps are posting on the wrong forum. There are a few who took great pleasure in using the opportunity to undermine us. All we have ever done is tried to provide you with a "FREE" place for all of you to talk, discuss, enjoy and get to know each other. Spirited discussion is welcome, but attempts to falsely accuse us or anybody in an unwarranted barrage are not welcome.
Some of the harshest criticism of us came from members who have used this forum to foster their own private business behind the scenes. Every week private messages are forwarded to us from people who have received solicitations of services from other members. That is stealing our services. We have looked the other way and allowed this to go on. A few people conduct their entire business on our Private Message service. Now they are thanking us by publicly criticizing us unfairly.
One member has been stealing our advertising services for several years. He even graduated to posting his services in the open forums. He has made thousands and thousands of dollars using our forum behind the scenes. When I asked him to sop, he send me an email telling me I was greedy. "Greedy indeed."
We try hard to make this a good place to be, we are sorry that some enjoy making it seem otherwise. Regardless of what some may falsely believe about us, we will continue to maintain a high standard, and the administrators will stay in control of Talk of the Villages. We have over 15,000 members and we will not allow a few to plant the seed of discontent and ruin it for everybody else.
JLK