[newgirl]

Sadly no, not a unbias politicised one .

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

All newspaper have a political bias on their editorial pages. All newspapers have a political bias on their editorial pages. Tampa Bay, Miami, Orlando all have an opposite view on their editorial pages from The Daily Sun, that agrees with two out of every three people who live here. They agree with the political opinions on the editorial pages.

Where is this editorial page on the Sun? How have I missed it for over a year now?

[Advogado]

Every issue of the Daily Sun starts out with a lie. In the banner at the top of page 1, it describes itself as a "NEWSPAPER".

[Aloha1]

Originally Posted by nikjoep@hotmail.com

Is there another opinion that’s not biased like the daily sun about the Villages that we would get an honest answers

Not around here. Orlando Sentinel thinks opinion passes for news. Same with Tampa Bay Times. Daily Sun is good for local articles about what's going on but very little National news.

Best advice, do your own homework and find sources you can trust. None are unbiased but together in review you might find a nugget of truth.

[Aloha1]

Originally Posted by mk1126

Orlando Sentinel

Not a chance. Extremely opinionated and biased.

[Bucco]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Where is this editorial page on the Sun? How have I missed it for over a year now?

Try the section entitled, and I checked the paper is being used elsewhere, but I "think" it may be called "out and about" or something close. A series of far right folks write them. Haven't seen Malkin in a while, and maybe she is gone, but typical of the writers.

How you missed it..? Well, you express your knowledge about tge paper (among a lot of other things), don't know how you missed it.

I don't think posters on here even understand the difference between editorials and news...I know the are completely lost in understanding journalistic standards and procedures.

[sipops]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Have you spoken to my favorite wife about me keeping my opinions?

Stu you know what they say in N.Y. about opinions.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Bucco

Try the section entitled, and I checked the paper is being used elsewhere, but I "think" it may be called "out and about" or something close. A series of far right folks write them. Haven't seen Malkin in a while, and maybe she is gone, but typical of the writers.

How you missed it..? Well, you express your knowledge about tge paper (among a lot of other things), don't know how you missed it.

I don't think posters on here even understand the difference between editorials and news...I know the are completely lost in understanding journalistic standards and procedures.

Those are the columnists they publish several times a week and find the articles interesting but would not call that an editorial page by any stretch of the imagination.

[Advogado]

While, because they are staffed by human beings, probably every media outlet is somewhat biased. However, the Daily Sun takes bias to a whole new level.

You notice, e.g., that the Daily Sun has no editorial page, preferring instead to editorialize (and distort) in its regular local-news articles. Also, most media outlets are generally biased for policy reasons. The Daily Sun is biased for economic reasons-- to further the financial interests of its owner.

For example, did you read the "articles" by the Developer's Minister of Propaganda, David R. Corder, regarding impact fees and the corresponding rollback of our 25% property tax hike? Not only were they blatantly one-sided in favor of the Developer's current sweetheart impact fees, they played very loose with the truth.

I will say, in defense of the Daily Sun, that it is much more objective in covering international and national news than it was a few years ago, when it wouldn't publish anything favorable to Obama or unfavorable to Trump or the Republicans. Perhaps as a result of criticism, that kind of blatant censorship seems to be history.

BUT you will not find coverage, or at least objective coverage, of ANY local news reflecting badly on the Developer, The Villages, or the little group of insiders who still control (despite the election of Estep, Miller, and Search) the local Republican Party. For example, what have you read about the Angeliadis fishing expedition, which is being financed by a deep-pocketed client who refuses to be identified? George Angeliadis Open Records Request - YouTube

[Incoblack1]

The difference is that the editorial opinions in an unbiased newspaper are confined to the editorial or commentary pages. The Daily Sun uses its front page!

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Daily Sun gives new meaning to being biased.

You can say that again, and again, and again. Think we all found that scary and dangerous when everyone was turning to "our" paper for virus cases, deaths, hospitalizations... Crickets... Crickets... What if the water became contaminated...how would that appear to protect the citizens. Just a guess, but probably no real unbiased investigative journalist on the whole staff....not good when this exists.

[Pairadocs]

QUOTE=Advogado;1924732]Every issue of the Daily Sun starts out with a lie. In the banner at the top of page 1, it describes itself as a "NEWSPAPER".[/QUOTE]

It's actually an advertising gimmick to be sent out everywhere, mailed, even out of the country ...disguising as a newspaper, and hey, technically it is on paper and has news.. Like new businesses opening, New villages being built....

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by Aloha1

Not around here. Orlando Sentinel thinks opinion passes for news. Same with Tampa Bay Times. Daily Sun is good for local articles about what's going on but very little National news.

Best advice, do your own homework and find sources you can trust. None are unbiased but together in review you might find a nugget of truth.

Agree completely..and now on line research getting very difficult... 😨

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Pairadocs

QUOTE=Advogado;1924732]Every issue of the Daily Sun starts out with a lie. In the banner at the top of page 1, it describes itself as a "NEWSPAPER".

It represents the attitude, the views, the opinions and interests of two thirds of the population. It is purchased and it is a choice. Most people who live here like it, and like and admire the developers. There is no need to have signs on the highways about The Villages or television advertising. People are lined up to buy here. It attracts people who have been careful with their money, have saved and sacrificed to live here and are very aware of the views of the community. It is exactly what it is. Most of us like the whole schmear, and enjoy seeing the success of a good capitalist endeavor. We know when we buy here, it is a CDD, and that for some is a benevolent dictatorship and for others is a restraint to what they feel is democracy. It works. Works better than Orlando or Miami or Jacksonville or Tampa. I like the way The Villages is run. No one forced me to move here where I knew that most people's views were not like those of college kids, or college professors.

[M2inOR]

Originally Posted by TC_Arch

The biggest problem with that "newspaper" is that there is no "news", especially local news. There is really no good source for local news in the area.

Not saying good or bad, but:

Ocala Star-Banner
Leesburg Daily Commercial
Sumter County Times
Orlando Sentinel
Wall Street Journal
New York Times

All have websites, as well as full digital versions of the paper as printed. Some even have delivery in The Villages.

No single paper has all the news of interest locally, statewide, national, or international.

Only the reader can determine what will satisfy the need.

There aren't enough hours in the day to get ALL the news of interest.

Thankfully, there is the internet which can bring much of the news closer to the potential reader.

And some online news sources can customize what is delivered to you every day.

Finally, gathering and printing/publishing the news costs money. Consider actually subscribing. I subscribe to several for online reading. Daily, weekly and monthly publications that have digital versions available.

Do I read them all faithfully every day? Not a chance! But I do have them available when I'm interested in a particular subject.

Finally, I do have an actual yearly subscription to The Villages Daily Sun. I do wish there was a complete digital version available for online reading. Even discussed the topic with the current editors and managers. For now, there is no plan to publish the complete paper online, though it is a popular request.

PS no news source is completely unbiased. There are choices made everyday as to what appears. Even the words used to headline or tell the story give a particular viewpoint of the writer, the editor, and the publisher.