Tampa Bay Times 4+

TheTampa Bay Times has done so many wonderful investigative reporting articles that have won Pulitzer Prizes. I’m grateful for this type of journalism because it exposes all kinds of corruption. This type of journalism keeps our society safer and should be financially supported by us citizens. I would not want to see what our society would be like without healthy journalism to hold powerful people and organizations accountable! Corrupt politicians cry “fake news” in an attempt to diminish the power of journalism because it exposes them. We need to support newspapers like the Tampa Bay Times!

Since the Tampa Tribune closed and the TBT became the only major newspaper in the Tampa Bay Area, half of our community’s opinions have been ignored and even trampled. Coverage is unbalanced and it is clear that TBT strongly favors the Democratic Party platform. Most articles and certainly columns prop up democratic candidates and attempt to take down their opponents. News is printed that has not been properly vetted, and conservative voices have been mostly silenced. That would be fine if the Tribune still existed, but when it was purchased and closed, it put the responsibility squarely on the TBT to be more balanced, fair and accurate - which has not occurred. Even Politifact will justify an inconvenient truth about a candidate or position that the paper supports, while affording the other side no such courtesy. Put Joe Guidry back on your editorial staff at least so many of us can hear at least on reasoned and nonpartisan voice.

First we went from a home delivered paper paper to a digital subscription. We adjusted, although it wasn’t always easy to read due to wi fi issues.
Then Apple decided to change its operating system. Now it’s a major achievement to get the paper in a readable format. Getting the front page to appear requires many more steps than it used to. Certain comic strips are hardly readable because, e.g., Zits’s title block is so big that it makes the other frames tiny.
I feel sorry for today’s journalists and for Americans. Will journalists have jobs in a few years? Where will citizens get informed?
My husband loves the paper for its extensive investigative reports.
I would prefer more coverage of issues that directly affect me, as well as a broader picture of what is happening around the world.