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Maybe, just maybe , you should stop your service🤪

Thank you for your many suggestions to cancel the newspaper but I have no intention of so doing. I have taken it for ten years and find many aspects of it to be of interest.

Obviously not the numerous photos of residents' grandchildren doing cute things - I don't even know most of the residents; why would I be even remotely interested in their grandchildren? Makes life easy for the newspaper, though, if they can get other people to provide free copy.

Nor the banality that fills D2 every day - 'Bob Smith swings his pickleball bat and puts a looping return over the net. "I play for ninety minutes every day", says Bob, before returning to his game'. Fascinating stuff, reading about someone else's pickleball game.

Pages of back to school photographs of kids we don't know? No thank you.

But I do enjoy reading most of the news, and the comic page is my favorite, so I consider the price of the newspaper worth paying to have it delivered every morning.

And in case you are worried that repeat stories are raising my blood pressure, I enjoy finding them like others enjoy finding hidden words in a grid. Whatever floats your boat, eh? Long may they keep coming - and I'm sure they will.

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Originally Posted by Joanne19335 (Post 1820063)

I would like only Wednesdays and Sundays. I wonder if this is an option. Does anyone know?

That option is available. 2 quarters on Wednesday and 4 on Sunday at your closest Daily Sun paper wending machine.

Better yet try online https://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/ and save the quarters.

Since The Daily Sun gets its main news from wire services they are sometimes 3 days old when they finally get to print.its not a newspaper but a real estate RAG.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1820178)

The Daily Sun is not The New York Times. All print journalism is waning all over this country.

However after reading the jabs and criticisms and some from new people who had more than one comment I think they would be happier getting a subscription to The Orlando Sentinel or The Tampa Bay Times or The Miami Herald as they have the editorial slant you are more used to.

The Daily Sun does have it's front page news on the second page and does get and print National and international news there to.

It echoes the editorial opinion of the majority of people who live HERE.

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Originally Posted by EastCoastDawg (Post 1820317)

Apparently the original post was nothing more than an exercise in Pot Stirring, since you are not really "anti-newspaper".

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Originally Posted by Jayhawk (Post 1820480)

Apparently the original post was nothing more than an exercise in Pot Stirring, since you are not really "anti-newspaper".

Glad he posted it as it led to an interesting discussion of the paper.

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Originally Posted by Jayhawk (Post 1820480)

Apparently the original post was nothing more than an exercise in Pot Stirring, since you are not really "anti-newspaper".

although I don't envisage the newspaper using:

"See how many times we run the same story due to our poor editorial control"

as its marketing slogan

IMHO; Literally in the last 25 years... newspapers are good for pets and packing. Not reading. Really.

there is a newspaper here...worth reading?.....sigh... my search continues ..

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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox (Post 1820647)

although I don't envisage the newspaper using:

"See how many times we run the same story due to our poor editorial control"

as its marketing slogan

Well if they had a living, breathing editor they could _________

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Originally Posted by Joe C. (Post 1820010)

Walter Williams .... great editorialist, and speaker. Sadly, passed away the other week.

On the other hand, look at the good side of the newspaper......
something to line your parrot or parakeet cage with.

i think you are thinking of herman cain. williams is alive & well last i knew :)

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Originally Posted by PugMom (Post 1824012)

i think you are thinking of herman cain. williams is alive & well last i knew :)

Was wondering about that as he has had columns in last few weeks.

Think very highly of the guy.