Webby Awards

April 14, 2008

From Channel One Network’s "About Us" page:

"ChannelOne.com was named "Best Youth Site on the Web" by the Webby Awards, for delivering compelling daily news and public affairs content to teens."

Anyone who knows anything about Channel One News knows their website Channelone.com has been a major problem over the years. Their website has probably cost them as many schools as their TV show. So when someone reads that the website has won a "Webby Award" for "Best Youth Site on the Web" it is confusing.

The confusion disappears when you read the last lines of today’s Channel One News transcript which is below. Channel One is doing a bad thing here. They are soliciting their captive audience of up to 6 million students to help their PR department. No school vendor should every be in a position to request students to help out their company. This request for help came on school time. There are so many things wrong with this it boggles the mind.

Channel One and BusRadio are the only two companies that exploits a captive audience. When Channel One won their last Webby Award they routinely used the in-class TV show to urge children to go to their site and vote for them. The company is shameless.

The Webby Award means little in Channel One’s case because they are stuffing the ballot box.

TONY: AND NOW SOME NEWS ABOUT CHANNEL ONE DOT COM. WE’VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE INTERNET’S HIGHEST HONOR, THE WEBBY AWARD.

TONY: AND WE CAN USE YOUR HELP TO WIN! SO IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE ON OUR SITE JUST GO TO CHANNEL ONE DOT COM AND LEARN HOW YOU CAN CAST YOUR VOTE.

TONY: THAT