Who Are These People?

April 7, 2009

Here’s a partial clue: They are the hard-working – or should that be "hardly working" – members of Channel One’s distinguished – or should that be "extinguished" – Advisory Board. Since 2006 these educators have allowed Channel One to use their faces, first names only please, and the name of their state no city or school name please in an effort to convince other schools to sign up with Channel One. These faces have used their educational positions to help a private company. They should have known better.

Obligation has given them nearly three years (All-White Advisory Board) to do the right thing by dropping off this sham board. (How many meetings has this "board" had over the past two years? How many conference calls have these people had with Channel One’s people? Obligation believes "zero" is the answer to both. If we are incorrect, then we will take this article down and apologize. (Obligation has sent this article to Alloy Media and Marketing and have asked it to be forwarded to their corporate attorney.)

Can any of these faces produce a record of phone calls, emails, or letters to prove they have contributed anything to Channel One’s decision making? If they can’t, they are participating in a fraud perpetrated on the American public. Channel One has been actively seeking new schools to sign up for their service. The existence of this Advisory Board helps ease the fears of those who have heard of the controversy surrounding the company. If these Advisory Board members know they have done nothing and they know Channel One is still featuring their likenesses on their website, then these people should quickly correct the situation.

We know the identity of some of these people. If you know any of them please write to Obligation at jimmetrock@obligation.org.

 

Channel One’s Advisory Board page.