News About Channel One – Jan. to April 2002

April 30, 2002

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Maverick Records Comes To Santa Rita H.S. ……….Boone Grove Stands Up To Channel One……….Chopra, Greene, Menounos Leaving C1……….Madonna’s Recording Company Advertising on C1…Contest Could Land Principals In The Doghouse………Ralph Reed Keeps Working For Channel One……….Questions About Advertisers Getting Special Treatment In C1 News Stories……….Video Of Channel One’s Violent Winter Games Commercial………C1 Reporters Break Journalism Standards With Cingular Ad……….Bat Mitzvah Shooting Footage Shown On C1……….Channel One Up For Sale…Who Wants To Buy A Stinkbomb?……….C1’s Ultra-Violent Near R-Rated Movie Blasted……….Wrong Message About Ecstasy……….NBA Takes Over Channel One…"NBA Day" on Monday……….NBC Uses C1 To Push Olympic Coverage……….Violent "Puppet" Ad For X Games Runs On C1……….Fox Network Advertises "Malcolm"……….C1 Bakin’ Cookies To Spy On Kids……….C1 Urges Kids To Eat More Hostess Cupcakes………."Casino Jack" Representing C1……….Hollywood Continues To Use Channel One To Get Movie Ads To Kids………Channel One Struggling To Survive…Had To Leave Ritzy Madison Avenue Headquarters…Paul Folkemer And Noreen Clarke No Longer With C1……….Parents Uncomfortable With Channel One’s Partnership With Sleazy MTV And About.Com……….Most Schools In Our Country Have Rejected Channel One

"A school that rents TV equipment from Channel One is not serious about education, is reckless with taxpayer money, and is not deserving of continued community support."

Jim Metrock

President, Obligation

News

April 30, 2002 – Santa Rita Principal Could Be On The Hot Seat

A Few Regrettable Moments On Channel One

Channel One Invades Boone Grove

April 19, 2002 – Boone Grove, Indiana – Superintendent Brings Controversy Into All-American Community

April 15, 2002 Branch Contest Draws Five Schools? Who Will Be The "Winner"?

April 15, 2002 – Video Clips From March 1 Channel One News

April 13, 2002 – Bye, Bye, Bye

April 11, 2002 – Running For The Hills! Anchors To Leave Sinking Channel One

April 9, 2002 – Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!

March 25, 2002 – "The Academy Award For Most Moronic Pretend News Show Goes To… Channel One!"

March 19, 2002 – Time Out

March 18, 2002 – Channel One Wants Principals To Help Promote Madonna’s Recording Company

March 16, 2002 – Ralph Reed Continues To Push Hollywood’s Pipeline To Kids – Channel One

More on Reed and Channel One News

March 14, 2002 – Women’s Sports Foundation

March 14, 2002 – Who’s Who At Channel One ?

March 13, 2002 – Let Tamecka Do It

March 13, 2002 – March 6 Script – Channel One Reporters Prostitute Themselves For Cingular

March 12, 2002 – When Puppets Turn Violent

Video Channel One’s Controversial Winter Games Ad (shown in middle and high schools)

March 11, 2002 – Apologize – Email To Jim Morris

March 8, 2002- What WON’T Derrick Shore Do For A Paycheck?

March 7, 2002 – Cingular

March 5, 2002 – Smell Tax Money Burning – One Way C1 Wastes School Time

Video Introduction to the January 31 show (One minute of wasted time X 8,000,000 students = A Crime)

February 21, 2002 – Horrific Bat Mitzvah Shooting Shown On Channel One – "Repugnant Decision Making At Channel One News"

February 21, 2002 – Running On Empty – Primedia Seeks To Sell Channel One – Partnership Possible

February 20, 2002 – Ads Go Overboard – Channel One Jeopardizes Contracts With Schools

February 18, 2002 – Channel One Flirts With R-Rating – "Just This Side Of An R-Rating"

Video – Rollerball commercial on Channel One News

February 14, 2002 – Ken McNatt

February 12, 2002 – Channel One Sends Wrong Message About Ecstasy

February 11, 2002 – NBA Attempts To Clean Up Image With Massive Ad Campaign on C1

February 10, 2002 – Channel One Rains Down More Violent Entertainment On Children

Conservative George Will on Channel One

February 7, 2002 – Rock The (School) House

February 6, 2002 – School Time For Olympics?

February 5, 2002 – Controversial Winter X Games Ad Chosen For Channel One

February 4, 2002 – Fox and Channel One Promote "Malcolm" To Kids As Young As Ten

February 2, 2002 – From Jim Metrock – More On Channel One and The Human Rights Watch

January 25, 2002 – Snowboarder Dominates C1 Today

January 24, 2002 – Al Qaida and Taliban Detainees Need Better Treatment In Guantanamo – Human Rights Group Is Given Access To Students Via Channel One

January 23, 2002 – C1: "Is Cheating Bad Or Good?"

January 14, 2002 – Baking Cookies

January 10, 2002 – Middle School Students Told To See New Warner Brothers Movie

January 4, 2002 – Hard News? C1 Devotes Huge Part Of Program To Nebraska vs. Miami Rose Bowl Coverage

January 3, 2002 – Junk Food Assault Begins On Day One

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