News About Channel One Jan. – May 2001

May 31, 2001

News About Channel One – 2001 January – May

Kick Hollywood Out of Your School – Kick Channel One Out – Enough is Enough

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 Hollywood Curriculum: 

Channel One

"Hollywood has a secret
marketing tool. They call it Channel One News. If a school still
has Channel One, that school is giving movie studio executives
time each week with the children to promote their latest violent
and sexually charged movies. Parents have little knowledge that
Channel One is pumping this rot into their children’s classrooms.
When they do find out, Channel One is on the way out. 2001 will
be the year that a dramatic number of schools will throw these
corporate predators out of the school house. The vast majority
of secondary schoolchildren in America are not subjected to the
junk on Channel One. This year make sure your child is free from
this commercial and Hollywood exploitation."

Jim Metrock, president
of Obligation

2001 – A Warning From Obligation president Jim Metrock:

You will be exposed to some very offensive content on our web site. I regret that, but it is necessary if we are to report on Channel One. Channel One is getting worse. Those who have visited our site have seen the decline. When Channel One advertises a filthy, "pothead" movie like "Dude, Where’s My Car", the public needs to know what Channel One told children to see. We have to describe the filthy dialogue and images that Channel One’s advertisers push on children. If we don’t, then how will the public know what Channel One is doing to children?

Currently, Channel One’s TV show is running commercials for a company called About.com. This web site contains hardcore pornography. I personally have asked Dr. Paul Folkemer, Channel One VP, to remove these commercials and banner ads from Channelone.com. He has refused to respond. The ads are still there. You see, About.com is about to merge with Channel One’s parent company, PRIMEDIA. Yes, Channel One’s parent company will be in the hardcore porn business. 2001 unfortunately looks like the roughest year ever for students that still have to be exposed to Channel One. I hope by being more blunt in our reporting that the demise of this controversial marketing company will come sooner than later.

May 31, 2001 – New Advertiser on Channel One

May 30, 2001 – About.com, Advertised on Channel One, Still Has Hardcore Porn

May 24, 2001 – Letter to Members of Congress Tells Truth About Channel One

May 11, 2001 – As Schools Kick
Channel One Out – Woodward (Oklahoma) Public Schools Sign Up!!

May 11, 2001 – Raunchy "Spin City" and "Dharma and Greg" Advertised to Kids

May 6, 2001 – Conservative Columnist George Will Lashes Out at Channel One

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In a column in today’s Washington Post, and other major newspapers, George Will talks about the advertising assault on schoolchildren. Marketing efforts like Channel One sends wrong value messages to children. He said we don’t need our children to be taught how to be more materialistic at school.

Jim Metrock said, "The only conservatives that say anything good about Channel One are conservatives like Ralph Reed who are paid to say whatever Channel One wants him to say.The wonderful thing about the massive national uprising against Channel One and other forms of commercialism in schools is that it is uniting people and organizations of every political and ideological persuasion. When it comes to protecting children from Channel One’s misuse of school time there are no conservatives and no liberals – just caring adults."

The Channel One Diet

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May 4, 2001 – Letter to Maria Menounos About Her Report on Diabetes

May 2, 2001 – Raunchy PG13 Movies Continue to be Advertised on Channel One

April 11, 2001 – Teachers Grabbing For Channel One Cash

April 3, 2001 – PRIMEDIA/About.com’s Teen Advice Site Tells Teens If They Are Ready For Sex – Channel One Heavily Advertising About.com to Schoolchildren

Channel One is slowly integrating
itself with its recently acquired sister company, About.com. Channel
One’s parent company, PRIMEDIA, Inc., completed their merger with
About.com in early March. Channel One is to advertise and pitch
About.com’s teen-related sites on their in-school TV show, Channel
One News, and on the Channel One web site.

Already articles created by Channel One are showing up on About.com. Press releases by PRIMEDIA indicate that About.com will blend its company with the non-Internet companies already owned by PRIMEDIA.

Here is a sample of the recklessness content on About.com’s Teen Advice site. We have reported on this site before and were lead to believe that significant changes would occur.

Check this PRIMEDIA sex test for kids. http://teenadvice.about.com/teens/teenadvice/library/blsextest1.htm

April
2, 2001 – Commercialism in Classrooms – Commentary in Pediatrics

April
2, 2001 – A First for Channel One – Anchors Endorse Product

April 1, 2001 – New Download Center

April 1, 2001 – Blast From the
Recent Past – 1999 U.S. Senate Hearing on Channel One

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Ralph Nader, Pat Ellis, Jim Metrock,
and Phyllis Schlafly at the May 20, 1999 U.S. Senate hearing
on Channel One. Mr. Nader and Mrs. Schlafly testified against
Channel One at the hearing and Mrs. Ellis and Mr. Metrock of
Obligation submitted written testimony. The hearing clearly exposed
Channel One’s commercial exploitation of schoolchildren. For
more click here…

March 29, 2001 – Astrological
Help For Children’s Love Lives?!!

March 27, 2001 – Article By Pat Ellis On Exploitation of America’s Schoolchildren – Birmingham News 3/18/01

March 21, 2001 – Even The Coca-Cola
Company Doesn’t Like Channel One

March 21, 2001 – Watch Channel One or Go to Jail? (Adbusters article)

March 20, 2001 – View the Channel One contract

March 20, 2001 –
Channel
One Fact Sheet for Pennsylvania

March 14, 2001 – Channel
One Advertises "MonkeyBone" Sleaze Fest to Kids

f MonkeyBone
has just finished jumping down the front of this woman’s dress
and exploring the woman’s body under her clothes. He tells her,
"I left my phone number on your underwear." This is
a sample of the sleaze that oozes from this sex comedy that Channel
One promoted to children as young as 12. Click on the link above
for more Channel One-advertised filth.

Take action: Demand that Channel One be removed from your school.

March 14, 2001 -Channel One Urged To
Drop Soft
Drink Commercials

March 9, 2001 – Channel One’s
Parent Company Into Hardcore Pornography

February 24, 2001 – Pushing Plastic
– Channel One Promotes Controversial Buying Cards

February 19, 2001 – 15 Years of Learning Lost in 2 Minutes

February 9, 2001 Universal’s Dirty Movie "Head
Over Heels" Is Advertised to Children

February
7, 2001 – Pediatrician Article: Channel One "Encourages Poor Lifestyle
Choices"

February 6, 2001 – Who is Lawrence Kaplan?

February 1, 2001 – Privacy and Channel One

January 27, 2001 – ChannelOne.com’s Privacy Policy

January
27, 2001 – About.com Back "Big Time" on Channel One

January
18, 2001 – New "Playlist" Puts Rock
and Rap In the Classroom – New Aggressive Channel One Kicks Off 2001