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Traditional Catholic Faith => Catholic Living in the Modern World => Topic started by: Petertherock on February 24, 2014, 09:00:57 PM

Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Petertherock on February 24, 2014, 09:00:57 PM: I was at the car dealership getting work done on my car today and they had CNN on. They had a story on about this college woman that's a porn star. After the story the female anchor was all bubbly and proclaimed, "I have been married for 10 years and I proudly say that I watch porn with my husband to get in the mood! It's really good for that!"

And that's why I never watch CNN...After this I closed my eyes and said my Rosary.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: johnb104 on February 24, 2014, 09:44:57 PM: TV period is trash in my opinion unless you have the recordable thingum...

...see, I never watch it so I don't even know what the recordable thingum is called lol :p
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Cantarella on February 24, 2014, 10:01:41 PM: And you do good to your soul avoiding it. I don't ever watch TV anymore. After learning about who controls it, I am not interested in watching it at all. What for? everything presented is worldly, biased, and anti-Christian.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Nadir on February 24, 2014, 10:09:51 PM: It's all about making evil the norm. I don't just mean CNN; I mean all the mass media.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: johnb104 on February 24, 2014, 10:24:49 PM: It's all about impressing thousands of little things on your mind so that you will never form your own viewpoint. It's the perfect way to get people to accept anything. Smut, murder, rape, and drugs for example.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: ggreg on February 24, 2014, 11:12:19 PM: Why watch TV at all. It is utter crap and packed with advertising which is a huge waste of time.

YouTube and StageVU.com are the way to go since you have an Internet connection.

I watch old movies like Laurel and Hardy, Jimmy Stewart, Cagny, Foreign films, docuмentaries
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: ggreg on February 24, 2014, 11:16:20 PM: I found this interesting. Particularly the mind experiment with the Ping pong balls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul-FqOfX-t8&sns=em
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Petertherock on February 25, 2014, 11:48:04 AM: There are a few shows I watch but I do love my sports...NASCAR, baseball, football and hockey I can't live without.

TV is no more evil than say...the internet!
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: johnb104 on February 25, 2014, 01:57:33 PM: The internet is much worse if one lacks self-control. And we all do. There are a wider variety of evils to choose from.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Frances on February 25, 2014, 02:11:11 PM: :tv-disturbed:
Agree. I haven't owned a TV since about 1981.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: MaterDominici on February 25, 2014, 02:15:22 PM: I believe TV is worse. While the Internet can be worse or as bad for some, it certainly isn't for all. Sure, I might have a lack of self-control on the Internet, but all that amounts to is spending too much time reading CathInfo when I should be attending to something else. That's not nearly as bad as being subjected to whatever the TV decides to throw at me.

Generally speaking, you have control over what you read / view on the Internet (even video ads on YouTube can still be skipped after a few seconds) while you have very little control over what you view on "live" TV.

I do use the internet to watch some TV programs, but the absence of advertising is a huge improvement even if the program itself is still getting its chance to paste it's point of view on my brain.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: johnb104 on February 25, 2014, 03:27:32 PM: Good points, I suppose it just depends on the individual.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Ursus on February 25, 2014, 05:53:09 PM: It is a necessity to function in society to have an idea of REAL news and events going on around us.

However, these news outlets are so biased with drivel and sodomy agendas it's quite difficult to filter out and find the real news.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Matto on February 25, 2014, 06:06:16 PM: Quote from: Ursus
It is a necessity to function in society to have an idea of REAL news and events going on around us.

However, these news outlets are so biased with drivel and sodomy agendas it's quite difficult to filter out and find the real news.

I don't think news is necessary. I do without it and am fine. The only news I get is from Catholic websites and that isn't very much.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Ambrose on February 25, 2014, 06:10:48 PM: It is not CNN, it is GNN. (gαy News Network)

They promote the "gαy" ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ agenda daily and even hourly.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Sigismund on February 25, 2014, 06:27:42 PM: Just avoid TV. For every good or even harmless thing there (and there are a few good or harmless things) There will be fifty worthless things.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Matto on February 25, 2014, 06:31:36 PM: Quote from: Sigismund
Just avoid TV.

Wisdom. Be attentive.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: johnb104 on February 25, 2014, 08:51:12 PM: First down-vote from someone who didn't read my previous post about how much tv and the internet suck and mislead people :roll-laugh2:
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Petertherock on February 26, 2014, 09:39:43 AM: Quote from: johnb104
The internet is much worse if one lacks self-control. And we all do. There are a wider variety of evils to choose from.

The problem with the internet is you can go to an innocent enough site...but the ads are basically soft porn.

At least with the television you can change the channel.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Capt McQuigg on February 26, 2014, 02:08:10 PM: Quote from: Petertherock
There are a few shows I watch but I do love my sports...NASCAR, baseball, football and hockey I can't live without.

TV is no more evil than say...the internet!

I like TV for classic movies, some docuмentaries and sports (baseball and some other small venue sports).

I do agree that most TV is pure trash.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Mama ChaCha on February 26, 2014, 05:15:44 PM: Several years ago, when Netflix came out with streaming, we abandoned television entirely. What's the point? 14 minutes of tv, 26 minutes of ads. The 14 minutes of tv isn't even that good anyway.
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: TKGS on February 26, 2014, 05:30:37 PM: CNN is still in business? Who knew?!
Title: Why I never watch CNN
Post by: Sigismund on February 26, 2014, 06:37:36 PM: Quote from: Matto
Quote from: Sigismund
Just avoid TV.

Wisdom. Be attentive.

Any praise is gratifying, but praise in the form of a quote from the Byzantine Divine Liturgy is welcome indeed!