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Did I Do My Nephew a Favor by Deleting CNN from my Streaming Lineup.
29 August 2023 | Me

Posted on 08/29/2023 1:02:57 PM PDT by Vigilanteman

My 13 year old nephew has come to live with me, I am a widower and my brother's wife (his mother) is seriously ill and hospitalized.

There is all kinds of crap I need to overcome to get him enrolled in the local public school and I am not sure it is in his best interests anyway.

So I will be retiring at the end of the week and giving him the attention of one of the best instructors on the planet-- me.

He asked me why I despised CNN and I told them their fear pornography was worse than standard soft core porn that featured just nekkid women. I didn't want him watching that, but I felt it was far less damaging that watching CNN.

He asked me why I had CNN on my Roku streaming package. I told him because I thought it came standard and I didn't know how to get rid of it.

He figured it out in less than two minutes.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: areyouloggedin; attentionqueen; depression; fear; hughandseries; news; pornography; vanity
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To: Vigilanteman

No. You can overcome porn. Liberal stuff destroys your mind and well, you end up like CNN.


21 posted on 08/29/2023 1:49:20 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Adder

“It might be instructive to show how different outlets show the same story...like how a story is presented on Newsmax vs CNN, eg.”

More difficult to show but equally instructive is explaining what they DON’T cover. Like the Biden crime family.


22 posted on 08/29/2023 1:59:28 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Organic Panic

“ Keep him away from any cable or broadcast news”
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Yep! EVEN NEWSMAX is in on the UKRAINE PROJECT scam.


23 posted on 08/29/2023 1:59:58 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: Adder

“It might be instructive to show how different outlets show the same story...like how a story is presented on Newsmax vs CNN, eg.”

More difficult to show but equally instructive is explaining what they DON’T cover. Like the Biden crime family.


24 posted on 08/29/2023 2:34:29 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

Oops sorry…double post.


25 posted on 08/29/2023 2:43:01 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Boy,howdy, you two really understand how a family’s members support each other! Y’all are in my prayers.


26 posted on 08/29/2023 3:00:29 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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To: nickcarraway
How much do 13 year olds watch news channels anyway?

By the time I was 13 I was addicted to "Firing Line".

Started listening because of Buckley's "weird" accent. Kept watching cuz I liked what I heard.

27 posted on 08/29/2023 3:25:35 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: Vigilanteman

If he is not watching the news, he is uninformed ... but if he is watching CNN, he is misinformed.


28 posted on 08/29/2023 4:05:14 PM PDT by dartuser
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To: Vigilanteman
Did I do the right thing by telling him that soft core porn was less harmful than CNN?

One poison supposedly killing you slower than another doesn't make it good for you.

Aside from that, don't load apps you don't want to use and delete the ones you don't use.

29 posted on 08/29/2023 6:43:14 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Silentgypsy

Thanks. I greatly appreciate all the prayers we can get. He’s a good boy, but needs an awful lot of guidance.


30 posted on 08/30/2023 6:54:17 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Vigilanteman

You are in my prayers, too. It’s a wonderful thing that you’re doing.


31 posted on 08/31/2023 4:57:03 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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