[Nfbf-l] Be part of the World!

[Matt Roberts]

The Orlando Sentinel is garbage on Newsline.  You might as well read the stuff on-line, because that is what they're doing.  They just copy the articles from teh internet, adn include the garbage.It's a total waste of time for me.  If I want news for Orlando, I can turn on my TV.  I want to know what's happening in my local area, and I can't depend on Newsline for that.  IF I want TV listings, I must use my iPhone, because the TV listings in my area are not complete, and haven't been for months.  Channel 24 is not public TV anymore, and channel 68 isn't even listed.
IF you want information on this, without a computer, you are out of luck.
This probably won't be fixed, so I'll just have to use my satellite TV guide to know what's on 68, if I want to know.
IF you like living on your telephone just to read the paper, fine, but I don't.  I want access to news where i want and when I want.  Newsline doesn't give me that option without a computer!
IF people need this service, let them pay for it! Sighted people pay for their newspapers, and we should too!

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Matt Roberts

---- Tara Prakash <taraprakash at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hi Matt.
> 
> I am a fan of iPhone and other i devices but I still use Newsline in 
> addition to getting my news from the apple devices. It makes reading news so 
> much easier. It depends on how much in depth news you want. In addition to 
> hundreds of magazines and newspapers every week, we have Employment, Target, 
> and tv listings. A lot of our fellows don't  still use computers or don't 
> have internet, getting news on your landline and cell phone is an option. If 
> I have to read Orlando Sentinel, I use my phone. The electronic version of 
> it couldn't improve, I tried a bit for it. I am sure more nees to be done in 
> Florida to improve Newsline popularity but national newspapers and magazines 
> are very well delivered.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matt Roberts" <blindbikernfb at cfl.rr.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 8:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Be part of the World!
> 
> 
> > In Volusia county, Newsline is a joke.  Why should I advocate for it? I am 
> > signed up, but all it si good for is TV listings.  I can get that 
> > information other ways now, and since I have Apple TV, I can always get TV 
> > that way.
> > We need to focus on other things besides this outdated stuff.  How about 
> > better access to web pages such as NHL.com? How about more access to 
> > things everyone else uses?
> >
> > Matt Roberts
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Mar 23, 2012, at 11:21 PM, craig kiser <sckiser55 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >> An excellent observation.  We have serious issues here in Florida 
> >> regarding the blind which we need to address.  For example, the Director 
> >> of Blind Services has stated she does not intend to continue funding NFB 
> >> Newsline.  Hundreds of us use it daily and they belong to both NFBF and 
> >> FCB as well as Blinded Veterans.  We need to present a united front to 
> >> preserve it.  And that is only one of the pressing issues.  Craig
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Sherrill O'Brien" <sherrill.obrien at verizon.net
> >> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
> >> Date sent: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:47:07 -0400
> >> Subject: [Nfbf-l] do we really want hate and anger on our list?
> >>
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> Since Dan didn't change the subject line of his plea for civility on this
> >> list, writing under the subject line "forgive the Student Loan Act of 
> >> 2012,
> >> perhaps some of you have not read his original post.  Here it is under my
> >> signature.  I'm not on the Board, but I'm a member of this list, and I 
> >> would
> >> ask, on behalf of most on this list, that everyone respect this public
> >> forum, the good name of the National Federation of the "Blind, and, as 
> >> Dan
> >> says, immediately stop this thread.  This is an embarrassment to this 
> >> list
> >> and the N
> >> fB.  Please realize everyone can see these posts, for years to come.  We 
> >> ask
> >> people to support us with their time and money, and then those same 
> >> people
> >> read such hateful posts here? I know we're all passionate about so many
> >> issues, but hate filled posts only hurt us.  Can't we put this passion 
> >> and
> >
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