From Jim Metrock:
This is a snapshot of Channelone.com’s banner ad this morning.
Channel One is advertising a personal injury law firm!? That doesn’t seem to make sense, but it does once you understand the reality of Channel One’s desperate situation with advertisers.
The Norris Injury Lawyers ad appears because Channel One News had no youth-oriented advertiser willing to pay for the space. In an effort to make some money, Channel One contracts with a banner ad company like DoubleClick who will rotate miscellaneous ads based on the locale of the viewing computer
I live in Birmingham. The Norris Injury Lawyers are based in Birmingham.
This is a good sign because it is yet again another indication that this commercial exploiter of schoolchildren is struggling.
I laughed when I saw this ad because it’s a bit ironic. The man shown in the banner ad is Robert Norris. We were law school classmates. He’s a friend. He helped our community get Channel One News out of our high school (Vestavia Hills HS) ten years ago. He went to school board meetings to show support for commercial-free classrooms.
If any parent wants to sue Channel One News for robbing their child of an hour a week of school time, you can’t pick a better attorney than Mr. Norris.
