Pop Quiz: Maggie Rulli has just…
January 2, 2026
I just saw Maggie Rulli reporting a story on ABC Nightly News. She’s part of the holiday crew filling in for the A team. I am reminded of being so disappointed in this young lady for staying four long years at Channel One News. I thought she would have revolted at the relentless advertising assault on schoolchildren. She didn’t care. She took a paycheck from Channel One longer than most.
This is an article Obligation wrote about in 2012.
I imagine if someone asked her if she ever had misgivings about robbing some many students of their precious and limited school time, she would probably say she doesn’t know what you are talking about.
November 18, 2012
What is this photo about?
A. for the first time Maggie Rulli fully realized that she has ruined her career by accepting a job at Channel One News.
B. been informed that her employer has lost another 500,000 student viewers.
C. faked a sneeze as a funny introduction to a story about how to beat a cold.
Channel One News on-air personality Maggie Rulli. (November 14, 2012)
From Jim Metrock:
The correct answer is C although there is some truth in A and B.
Ms. Rulli like the other on-air people at Channel One News feel safe in doing whatever they want in front of the camera. They know students are compelled, and often forced, to watch the show no matter what the content. It would be difficult for Ms. Rulli and the other Channel One employees to make it in the legitimate world of electronic journalism. In that world one has to EARN their audience every day or your ratings go down and you are out of work. Having a captive audience makes it easy for Channel One screen personalities to be lazy and sometimes goofy.
