Stephanie Smith is a Channel One News employee. She wrote this article that “winks” at cheating on a book report. This Channel One writer knows she is writing for children. She makes it clear that she knows many would think of watching the movie version as opposed to reading an assigned book.
Excuse us, Stephanie, you are wrong. Most students are honest. You think most kids are going to be choosing between cheating and not cheating just like they would consider having a Coke instead of a Pepsi. This is the culture of Channel One News. They don’t hold children in high regard, which is ironic, since the children they have under contract are the ones who pay their inflated salaries.
Ms. Smith may not have been around when Channel One News published an article on their web site that encouraged and instructed children on how to cheat on book reports. I would encourage her to check it out here.
At least with Ms. Smith’s article, she is only indirectly normalizing cheating. Notice that she tells the kids that “you might not be getting the full story” if you watch the movie. This is the most ethical Channel One gets. It isn’t “wrong” to cheat, it’s just not a sure thing.
