Some of the episodes, aimed at tweens and teens but watched my young children, are aimed at innapropriate topics, and at points it is very intense, but the specials are cool and have good information. It's informative for tweens but younger kids will be either bored or freaked out.
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Nick News with Linda Ellerbee
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Not age appropriate for kids under 8, age appropriate for kids over 11; suggested age 11. -
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Common Sense says
A must-see news program for teens and tweens.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 11 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Nick News with Linda Ellerbee
Parents need to know that this award-winning news program for older school-aged kids and adolescents covers tough issues like the Iraq wars, the aftermath of September 11, the Columbine tragedy, and Hurricane Katrina. Multiple perspectives are raised during host Linda Ellerbee's facilitated discussion. For younger or more-sensitive viewers, parents need to be prepared to discuss the issues, answer questions, and perhaps skip episodes that are too sad or difficult to understand.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the discussions raised by the program. Watching this show is no replacement for meaningful parent-child conversations about these hard topics. Questions will be raised that the show doesn't cover, and parents may need to ask kids questions to make sure they understand why these issues are important.
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Intense for Nickelodeon
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a powerful show
this is a very good show. But sometimes it talks about very intence subjects.
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Ellerbee
Linda Ellerbee runs a program of propaganda to take advantage of young people and presents it as news. Opposing views are not allowed time.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
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