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It’s a constant source of irritation to read the obvious biased left wing socialist leaning TBT. The constant bashing of our elected POUS is a constant reminder of the liberal and unfair reporters/editors who manage TBT. Our only recourse is to refuse to renew our subscription after 25 years, which is our intent. We’ll also encourage others to follow our lead. Journalism should be a fair representation of happenings, and biased presentations by TBT are so obvious, I am confident your publication is eventually going away. I can only hope for a new organization to produce a fair representation of the news someday.

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.