This is the banner ad that Channel One runs on its Channelone.com
web site. Channel One once dumped About.com as an advertiser because
of the pornographic content on their site. In 2001, Channel One has an
apparent different attitude. A young person might be mislead by About’s
ad which gives the impression it is only deals with sports. This is reckless
of Channel One. Here is another banner ad for About that shows the disgusting
content that makes this company a bunch of money. And to think, Channel
One is advertising About.com in your child’s classroom.
From Jim Metrock:
Janet Choi is the Channel One anchor that came from MTV’s often vulgar
TV show called The Real World. With the growing closeness of MTV and Channel
One, it made sense to hire Choi even with her notoriety.
Last week’s report by Choi on the U.S. airdrop of food over Afghanistan
was remarkable for several reasons.
Channel One used its powerful political connections to get Ms. Choi on
an Air Force C-17 as it made a flight over Afghanistan. The plane’s mission
was to drop thousands of food packets as a humanitarian gesture. Surprisingly,
Janet Choi was allowed to sit in the cockpit during the flight. She was
also allowed to use government property, the large boxes holding the food,
as a Channel One commercial. Students got to see a big Channel One "1" on
the side of one of the boxes. The Air Force personnel probably were told
to put up with such antics from the wacky Choi and her camera person.
The government employees, Air Force personnel, even allowed Choi to throw
out the last packet of food. She looks into the camera and says, "I’m
going to dedicate this to Channel One." Good grief. Channel
One employees are always promoting their company and they are shameless
in when and where they do it. This underscores the silly and stupid nature
of Channel One’s pathetic effort of pretending to be a news gathering organization.
If I could, I would tell Ms. Choi that the American people paid for that
food and paid for that airplane. Channel One had no right to use that food
and plane for its commercial benefit. Choi knows how controversial
her company is and even if she was given orders by Channel One’s executives
to promote the company during this story she should have refused.
Channel One’s headline on its web site proclaimed that "Janet Choi
Drops Food to the Afghan People." Whoa. This is typical of the
misleading content from C1. They overstepped their themselves pretty badly
with this headline. I guess if Channel One’s political muscle
gets Choi on a U.S. bomber, then C1 can say that "Choi Bombs the Afghan
People." Our federal government by allowing Choi to throw out a packet
of food gave C1 a chance to say Channel One is helping to feed the Afghan
people. The mind reels.
Students who were forced to watch this show, saw a huge chunk of time
taken to show Choi in a hyperbaric chamber because she developed the bends
from the high-altitude flight when she returned to the U.S. This was a
needless waste of time. Choi’s chain-smoking habit, which she has freely
talks about, probably contributed to her problem with the bends. One
thing for sure, it was of no importance. Jim Morris, Channel One’s producer,
wanted students to feel sympathetic to Choi. That’s why he wanted
that footage in the show. That helps promote Channel One. The fact that
it wasted thousands of hours of school time across our country was of little
concern to C1.
Check out this show at Channel One’s web site: channelone.com then "News
Archives".
