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Tim S

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1. The sky is not falling. What link were you TRYING to use?

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 05:57 PM

Wednesday

I visited CNN.com and was greeting by a Terms of Use agreement that had to be assented to before I could reach any content. Here are the links to their Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

https://www.cnn.com/terms0
https://www.wbdprivacy.com/policycenter/b2c/

You don’t have to provide any personal information to READ articles. You might have to if you are going to write comments there. If so, I applaud them for making people accountable for what they publish as comments. Think of it as Troll-Prevention

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The sky is not falling. What link were you TRYING to use? Tim S Wednesday #1

Not true. While incognito it demanded my identity just to read it lindysalsagal Wednesday #3

Again, can you please supply the link you are talking about? Tim S Thursday #4

Their webpage was terrible when I used to read it senseandsensibility Wednesday #2