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The Daily Wire Releases New Kids App, Bentkey, With Full Slate In Surprise Drop
Daily Wire ^ | Oct 16, 2023

Posted on 10/19/2023 2:18:22 PM PDT by 11th_VA

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Just over a year after The Daily Wire announced its commitment to invest $100 million into kids’ entertainment, and on the 100th anniversary of Disney’s founding …

The brand-new Bentkey app is available now with over 150 episodes of 18 shows — including four Bentkey originals. New episodes will arrive every Saturday morning, and new series will be added to the platform on an ongoing basis.

The announcement comes at a tumultuous time for Disney, with plummeting favorability ratings as the company becomes more and more openly political. Leaked footage in early 2022 revealed company executives advocating for more “queerness” and radical racial messages in kids content …

… unlike Daily Wire’s heavy emphasis on hot-button political and cultural controversies, “Bentkey isn’t about teaching kids politics. It’s about childhood and wonder and adventure … [and is] dedicated to creating the next generation of timeless stories that transport kids into a world of imagination and joy, a world of content and characters that families will love and parents can trust.”

And as for an upstart daring to take on one of the biggest and most iconic studios in the history of the world, Boreing had this to say: “It’s taken 100 years to build Disney. We know we aren’t what Disney is today, but we hope in time we might become what they were …

(Excerpt) Read more at dailywire.com ...


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A new day is dawning …
1 posted on 10/19/2023 2:18:22 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA
A new day is dawning …


2 posted on 10/19/2023 2:22:47 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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Just downloaded it. Looks interesting to consider for the grandson.


3 posted on 10/19/2023 3:01:47 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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Looks good on iPhone. There’s an app for fire tv but it doesn’t seem ready yet. Videos don’t play, just a spinning hourglass


4 posted on 10/19/2023 3:16:11 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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Bentkey sounds like a URI Geller thing - I’m going to try downloading as well


5 posted on 10/19/2023 3:44:38 PM PDT by 11th_VA (<><)
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The app requires IOS 16 or above - my phone won’t allow IOS 16 …


6 posted on 10/19/2023 4:10:05 PM PDT by 11th_VA (<><)
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