[Paper1]

Originally Posted by hulahips

The Daily Sun has gotten so bad I can't even find any news in it? Pages of advertisements (especially their club restaurants) lots of useless info We used to enjoy it but it looks like we are getting nothing for our money. Think its time to cancel subscription

Advertisements are why this paper is only $1.00 a week. I get my news online as it is much more current. I do agree with you it is not the NY Times but a little good news never hurt anyone. There is plenty of bad out there if you look just a little.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by Paper1

Advertisements are why this paper is only $1.00 a week. I get my news online as it is much more current. I do agree with you it is not the NY Times but a little good news never hurt anyone. There is plenty of bad out there if you look just a little.

I can think of several papers I would want before the NYT. And I read the hard copy DS, as well as about 6 news sources/papers on my iPad every day.

[Chi-Town]

Originally Posted by VillagesFlorida

A week or so ago I picked up the Daily Sun out of my driveway and immediately saw a big front-page headline pertaining to executions. This newspaper seems to delight in printing article after article about how the state of Florida kills its death row prisoners. I read my paper while I have breakfast and this bit of news didn't settle well with me at all. The Villages is an upbeat happy place to live. Knowing the details on how lethal drugs are administered, how they fail and what the inmate goes through when that happens is not news I need to read while I am trying to enjoy my first meal of the day. It is bad enough that the editors feel that we want to know the juicy details of these killings. What is next, an internet link so we can all see an ISIS beheading? I like The Daily Sun but these articles offend me as a human being who does not believe in killings of humans for any reasons. In my mind it is nothing more than another form of violence. If they feel they absolutely have to bombard us with this "news" it would be nice if they relegated it to a blip of an article, placed somewhere far away from the front page.

I was surprised at that front page. I couldn't reconcile it with Florida's Friendliest Hometown. So I turned on Wesh 2 News.

[circletrack]

The folks saying that the paper has no news ...... Are you skipping the front page A section? It's filled with national and international news every day from Associated Press reporters.

Once you get past that and Sports, then the paper is basically all Villages news.

Are we not getting the same paper??

[circletrack]

Also a tip for some:

If you're really into reading about the DUIs, drugs, robberies, car accidents etc. look inside the Local section. The day's police news is in there.

Or look at the online paper. That makes up most of their daily report.

[NYGUY]

Originally Posted by circletrack

The folks saying that the paper has no news ...... Are you skipping the front page A section? It's filled with national and international news every day from Associated Press reporters.

An interesting project would be for someone (anyone) to post a new thread every morning about what they think about that day's page 1A (only) and then see what others think. The next day a new thread is started. What do you think?

[Loudoll]

I love the Sun!

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by The Buckeyes

And, if the Daly Sun closed it's doors today....you would have 35 pages on a totv thread complaining that we no longer have the daily sun.

So true!!!

[Bay Kid]

Nice little paper with lots of good local news! If you don't like it cancel, don't complain and run it down. Just cancel and move on.

[Grandfinch]

I like the Sun. It is a way to have a cup of coffee without all the negative things going on around us first thing in the morning. At my age and physical condition, their is little I can do to change the world other than voice my opinion at the polls, and so I put my faith in the many services like police, hospitals, fire dept and more to protects me. The Sun is doing exactly what a retirement community morning paper should do. There are multiple sources for enjoying negative news reports.

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by SouthOfTheBorder

The Villages Daily Sun is my Home Town newspaper.


I understand people may not like the content of TVDS. However using TVDS's lack of in-depth national/world coverage as their reason for trying to dismiss it as a poorly conceived/managed/operated newspaper shows a weak understanding of the purpose of my home town newspaper.



Don

absolutely!
anyone who reads it should immediately recognize it's value as a local organ dedicated more to current villages events. if you expected more, well, after reading it once you should have known what it was, why did the OP subscribe to begin with?

[sunnyatlast]

As Rubicon said, the Daily Sun helps to bind the community together, and I think in that, they do an excellent job.

[Judith Ann]

We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Daily Sun!!! It is one of our favorite parts of being back in The Villages each time we arrive.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by Grandfinch

I like the Sun. It is a way to have a cup of coffee without all the negative things going on around us first thing in the morning. At my age and physical condition, their is little I can do to change the world other than voice my opinion at the polls, and so I put my faith in the many services like police, hospitals, fire dept and more to protects me. The Sun is doing exactly what a retirement community morning paper should do. There are multiple sources for enjoying negative news reports.

Originally Posted by VillagesFlorida

A week or so ago I picked up the Daily Sun out of my driveway and immediately saw a big front-page headline pertaining to executions. This newspaper seems to delight in printing article after article about how the state of Florida kills its death row prisoners. I read my paper while I have breakfast and this bit of news didn't settle well with me at all. The Villages is an upbeat happy place to live. Knowing the details on how lethal drugs are administered, how they fail and what the inmate goes through when that happens is not news I need to read while I am trying to enjoy my first meal of the day. It is bad enough that the editors feel that we want to know the juicy details of these killings. What is next, an internet link so we can all see an ISIS beheading? I like The Daily Sun but these articles offend me as a human being who does not believe in killings of humans for any reasons. In my mind it is nothing more than another form of violence. If they feel they absolutely have to bombard us with this "news" it would be nice if they relegated it to a blip of an article, placed somewhere far away from the front page.

grandfinch and villages florida:

You are kind hearts and your concerns are well appreciated. However in today's technologically advanced 24/7 hyperbolic information environment it is near impossible to avoid being confronted with unwanted news.

I have tried to avoid speeches or events involving people whose name alone provoke me but alas something or someone will bring it to my attention

I thought about becoming a hermit but I suspect my wife wouldn't be too obliging?....maybe its hubris on my part and she would?

We need people like you in the world because you remind us of the importance of humanity and civility.

Personal Best Regards:

[joldnol]

I love the Daily Sun since it's almost free.
Great TV news and love that the real news (AP) contradicts the op-ed page daily. I have online subscriptions to real papers (Fla Times Union and O-town Sentinal) for real news