[Blessed2BNTV]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Well said.

Yellow journalism is so prevalent in this world today and it is like a barrage of ugly vomit that is stinking us all up.

Those stories happened and made most of us cringe but we know all the good stuff that happens here and the happy things and the smiles exchanged and the quiet gentle selfless acts that really make this a place to live that makes us all proud. They don't see the volunteers in the hospital, at the soup kitchen, in the local classrooms, and the good strong happy unions that exist all over this place. They don't see married people holding hands and laughing together and enjoying evenings with friends. They don't see singles enjoying activities that enrich and enliven their lives and are just plain fun of the wholesome variety.

It is not interesting to talk about golf groups who have enjoyed each others company for years and church groups who gather each week to support each other and to praise their maker.

They don't talk about people here learning and practicing fun new crafts and arts and continuing to sing and dance and play music for the joy of it.

Enough. Sour grapes Miami. Too bad. You ain't us.

Ok now all is good....love your wisdom, and you.

I will be quoting you to folks when they bring this nasty subject up.

[ColdNoMore]

I think the term 'tension' as it relates to the above mentioned article...is a complete misnomer.


If the things being mentioned are actually that prevalent, it seems to me that said 'tension'...is being addressed.


Methinks maybe those who seem to always post with an undercurrent of tension...would be better off trying harder to alleviate that 'tension.'

[Allegiance]

If the pictures of our town squares were not so perfect, there would be less stories printed.

[twoplanekid]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I think the OP's calling it Sexual Tensions was way off the mark. He should have called it embarrassing behavior. We have all the usual happy things happening here, maybe not quite as often as they used to, maybe not in public, but none of us are dead yet.

Just calling it as it was described in the news item. And again I say "It’s always the few who can make/get in trouble and cause bad publicity. I wonder if others are just envious that the vast majority of this community is having a great time here while being good citizens."

How does one counter this bad press? We can by addressing the bad articles, telling the truth and our story of this fantastic place.

[coach]

Slow news day everywhere. The same AP article appears today in the Living section of the Charlotte Observer. (NC).

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Well said.

Yellow journalism is so prevalent in this world today and it is like a barrage of ugly vomit that is stinking us all up.

Those stories happened and made most of us cringe but we know all the good stuff that happens here and the happy things and the smiles exchanged and the quiet gentle selfless acts that really make this a place to live that makes us all proud. They don't see the volunteers in the hospital, at the soup kitchen, in the local classrooms, and the good strong happy unions that exist all over this place. They don't see married people holding hands and laughing together and enjoying evenings with friends. They don't see singles enjoying activities that enrich and enliven their lives and are just plain fun of the wholesome variety.

It is not interesting to talk about golf groups who have enjoyed each others company for years and church groups who gather each week to support each other and to praise their maker.

They don't talk about people here learning and practicing fun new crafts and arts and continuing to sing and dance and play music for the joy of it.

Enough. Sour grapes Miami. Too bad. You ain't us.

Its why i insulate myself more and more these days and before you know it I'll be that hermit in the cave You did touch on a topic i believed was a good topic for this forum and was going to submit this AM but I had other priorities er rather my spouse had other priorities for me...bless her heart

[justjim]

Too bad they missed the most interesting sexual encounter. I'm talking about "sex on the Square"! This is only in The Miami paper because it's The Villages.

Just yesterday while resting after a workout at a popular fitness center in Springfield, IL., a stranger (I had seen him there before) came up to me and said; "I hear you have a home in The Villages". Yeah, for about 10 years, I said. "Is it true about all the wife swapping parties", he said. Nope, I said. And the conversation went on...... True story. Unbelievable. So this story in the Miami Herald and the on-line story about being number one "strange city" are nothing new. We do have quite the reputation----like it or not. LOL.

"You can't stay young forever, But you can stay immature for the rest of your life". Anonymous

[Walt.]

Originally Posted by coach

Slow news day everywhere. The same AP article appears today in the Living section of the Charlotte Observer. (NC).

and the national news section of The Wichita Eagle.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by twoplanekid

Just calling it as it was described in the news item. And again I say "It�s always the few who can make/get in trouble and cause bad publicity. I wonder if others are just envious that the vast majority of this community is having a great time here while being good citizens."

How does one counter this bad press? We can by addressing the bad articles, telling the truth and our story of this fantastic place.

Just ignore it!

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by goodtimesintv

So Miami Herald news staff is so lazy that they reprint 3 stories about morons from the local RagOnline.com tabloid.

Pathetic.

This post is worth repeating...............................

[justjim]

With all due respect, I don't believe the so called "unnamed on-line paper" is what I would call a Tabloid paper. I love competition and the on-line paper is at least an alternative to the Daily. I read them both just as I read the information from both the POA and the VHA.

I read both conservative and liberal columnist too. The more points of view the better informed.

Abraham Lincoln probably said it best. "I don't like that man, I must get to know him better."

[NYGUY]

I don't quite understand the outrage. These three stories were all reported in the Daily Sun, with the same details, within the last month or so. They didn't include the "Sexual Tension" headline, but otherwise the same stories. I don't see an issue about reporting information that are reported by our own paper.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by NYGUY

I don't quite understand the outrage. These three stories were all reported in the Daily Sun, with the same details, within the last month or so. They didn't include the "Sexual Tension" headline, but otherwise the same stories. I don't see an issue about reporting information that are reported by our own paper.

Sexual tension fills the air, and the police log, at The Villages in Florida | Miami Herald

Stuff like this will happen with the huge size now of the Villages. Think of the hundred couples though that seem to get along with one another here in the Villages rather than these three.

[Walt.]

Originally Posted by NYGUY

I don't quite understand the outrage. These three stories were all reported in the Daily Sun, with the same details, within the last month or so. They didn't include the "Sexual Tension" headline, but otherwise the same stories. I don't see an issue about reporting information that are reported by our own paper.

I don't see any "outrage" about this silly article. Mostly people just commenting on how empty the media has become.

As for them just reporting information from out own paper... how are these 3 minor stories worthy of national news? How about some national coverage of festivals all over the U.S. being disrupted by mobs of rampaging "youth?"

[goodtimesintv]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

Yep, same here.

I find it very illuminating that those who think actually printing the full news, instead of just their viewpoint, call that kind of news... a "tabloid rag."

There is a certain cable network that claims to be 'fair and balanced,' yet numerous studies have shown that those who rely on it almost exclusively for their news...are the least informed of actual facts.

Coincidence?

Nahh...I don't think so.

I find it disturbing that "enlightened" elitists stereotype and brand others as bigots when they are posting condescending illustrations of their own bigotry and loathing of others they think are not as smart as they are.

I and others have stated clearly, with screenshots, here before how it's the WAY that rag designs its cover pages to showcase 90% scum of the earth dregs and criminals around TV, with one or two "news" stories buried below the fold, of what's actually news that's not a 4-times magnified police blotter.