Comments on: The Capital Curmudgeon – Bill Cotterell – Moves On As Gannett Inc. Continues to Cut Local Resources

By: The Spider

The Spider — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:24:27 +0000

I worked fro the Tallahassee democrat for 1 year in their composing department as a paste up artist. This was back in 1999. It had a proud legacy and I was proud to work there. Then they changed publishers, went digital and out the door i went. It makes me very sad to have watched it slowly turn to crap under Gannet and I have only read it rarely if at all the last ten years. Not even for the Thursday grocery coupons. THERE was a time when IT was something. But that time has long passed.

By: Lena

Lena — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:14:27 +0000

You people should be alarmed by the decline in traditional or “legacy” news media. It is where you get non-biased information–whether you like to admit it or not.

Like the current Republican party, you can try to hold on to your laughably out-dated dinosaur “conservative” opinions that reality has been pushing back against for decades now.

Hiding your collective heads in the sands will not help you.

And cutting off the truth of investigative journalism only helps wrong-doers that will not be exposed.

But, then you people support white-collar theives like Rick Scott and admitted liars like George Santos, so maybe morality and the truth aren’t your concern.

By: Michael Paris

Michael Paris — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:03:21 +0000

No loss. The TD is a train wreck with no talent. Nobody cares anything about this rag or Cottrell.

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 13:07:46 +0000

In response to ‘A Skeptic’. I’m not sorry for Bill because he is part of the reason they can’t get subscribers. Too biased, too expensive – poorly run business – just like our government.

To the staff at Tallahassee Reports – you are doing a very good job! We sorely need ‘investigative’ thorough reporting that is not biased. There is graft, corruption, and deviant behavior on both sides.

Thank you for filling a void on local/state news. I see growth and improvement each year and continue to recommend you to my friends.

By: Hank

Hank — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:41:33 +0000

10/10 Snidely!

By: jon

jon — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:40:06 +0000

Cotterell is one of the reasons for the decline in print media . Too much opinion and bias.

By: Commonsense

Commonsense — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 23:08:17 +0000

I had a wonder dream last night.

The “Tallahassee Democrat” closed its door and went out of business. Someone came along and filled the local news void by opening an independent none-biased, none-woke publication with real reporters who would dig into stories and tried their best to only report the facts while leaving their personal bias out of the articles. The cost for a locally printed paper copy or on-line digital access was affordable by the majority of Leon County residents.

After many years of only having the “Tallahassee Democrat” newspaper, in all fairness to both major political parties the new local paper was named the “Tallahassee Republican.”

The I woke up and saw that our local newspaper was still the “Tallahassee Democrat.”

By: Nicholas Weed

Nicholas Weed — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 11:45:39 +0000

The TD missed or should I say deliberately looked the other way or facilitated corruption. Rosica is a nice guy, but he missed the biggest corruption scandal that has allowed someone to be in a position who should have been disbarred and prosecuted. It set in motion unleashing a chain reaction of detectives, prosecutors, attorneys, and an appellate judge to misuse their positions. Oddly some are still involved in an upcoming high profile case. Either remove the corrupt prosecutors and attorneys or throw the case out. Publisher Pate actually SCREAMED at the victim who was the whistleblower and allowed the whistleblower to be victimized by the process and those who are supposed to protect. Will Rosica ever right the wrong? The lawlessness needs to stop.

By: NE Moderate

NE Moderate — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 02:37:04 +0000

The main underlying issue is credibility and bias. Legacy outlets are fading away yes.. but in their place, bought and paid-for spin heavily influenced by governmental and political advertisers are largely filling the void. Schorsch, FloridaPolitics, Alabama Today etc as examples are biased by big money lobbyists and special interest $.

That’s not good either and we will remain vigilant.

By: Deepsix

Deepsix — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 21:33:30 +0000

The Democrat is a horrible paper. It’s all about hating the Governor, and anyone that doesn’t hate the governor. It is awful.