Channel One News is a youth marketing company whose main purpose is to get advertising to a captive audience of impressionable schoolchildren. The company loans a school TV equipment in exchange for the school’s contractual pledge to show students a daily, 12-minute, hyper-commercial, TV program called Channel One News. Students lose one hour a week of schools time, which equates to one lost week of instructional time (32 hours) per year. No educational organization endorses the use of Channel One News.
Channel One has fallen on very hard times. Once they claimed over 8 million students were under contract. Since 1997 they have continued to lose schools and now they claim “nearly five million” students and the true figure is probably lower.
In May 2014, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt acquired Channel One from ZelnickMedia the makers of the ultra-violent Grand Thief Auto video game series. Houghton Mifflin did not disclose the purchase price.
At the end of 2014 most of Channel One’s full-paying advertisers have abandoned the program.
Actual screen shot from a middle school broadcast of Channel One News. Abortion is an explosive issue among adults. Adults have differing views on when life begins. The executives at Channel One News believe that preteens should be thinking about abortion. They have attempted to engage children in a conversation about this hot issue. (No need to let parents...
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Amy and Ephram Somebody at Channel One loves the WB’s Everwood show on Monday nights. It has been advertised as much as any other TV show on Channel One, with the possible exception of Dawson’s Creek. It is age-inappropriate for high school students, and most certainly for middle school students. Channel One promotes this TV show to children as young...
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These are some of Missy Elliott’s tamer lyrics. This song is entitled Ecstasy. It’s her loving tribute to the “party” drug Ecstasy. Yo I’m on FIRE!!!!! People go head and drink up Get in the club get f****d up See me you got get lucked up Someone to touch your rubber Show me some love,...
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Obligation has been told by a reputable source that on January 19 Channel One News ran a commercial spot that featured a promotion for the raunchy Missy Elliott. This was to promote the contest that had previously only been on Channel One’s web site. (If you check Channel One’s web site for the January 19 show, you will see...
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Answers 1. Twinkies – Yes. Channel One advertised in classrooms. 2. Twix Chocolate Bars –Yes 3. Doritos – Yes 4. M&Ms – Yes 5. Burger King French Fries – No * 6. Crunch – Yes. 7. Pepsi Blue – Yes. Channel One ran an ad featuringa band known for their explicit lyrics to promote...
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1 What was NOT recently advertised on Channel One News? answer at bottom of page Burger King french fries have not been advertised on Channel One News since the early 90’s.
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Channel One News has all the technical resources to provide live coverage of important events like today’s inauguration of President Bush, but they refuse to do so. The reason they refuse goes to the purpose of Channel One. The company’s purpose is NOT to timely inform students of current events. The company was NOT founded by journalists or educators. It...
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Channel One News asks students to vote on their favorite rock or rap songs. The top nine to twelve songs are then partially played each Thursday. No principal or superintendent would ever approve such a moronic idea. Well, Channel One didn’t ask anyone for permission. They just did it. Below are some of the songs Channel One has...
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Dr. John Draper, lobbyist, failed State BOE candidate Below: Sec. of State’s record of Channel One’s money to Draper. Dr. John Draper is an education lobbyist in Alabama. He ran for the State Board of Education in 2004. He ran against the incumbent, Stephanie Bell, who opposes Channel One’s presence in Alabama schools. Draper supported a...
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Mr. Ritts, glad to have you at Obligation’s web site again. How ya been? How’s the company? Metrock, this is another one of your make-believe interviews. I don’t know why I answer these questions but I will. First, I’m fine. Never been better, and the company is doing great. You do-gooders haven’t laid a glove on us. I’m glad...
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