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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.

Children Discuss Whether Jesus Was Homosexual at ChannelOne.com

March 30, 2004

Here are a few postings from a current thread on Channel One’s Community Message Board. There are some postings that take issue with the idea that Jesus was a homosexual, but the question is why is Channel One News allowing this content on their official web site? Every message posted on their site is...
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The Pleasures Of Self-Mutilation Brought To You By Channel One

March 30, 2004

Channel One reviewed the following messages and approved them for posting to their Community message boards for kids. Somebody at Channel One News evidently believes there are two sides to the self-mutilation issue. Of course, there are some postings that say cutting yourself is an awful thing to do, but the point here is why is Channel One giving “cutters”...
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ANOTHER Movie Promotion On Channel One News

March 29, 2004
ANOTHER Movie Promotion On Channel One News

Talking about movies, it is getting dumb and dumber at Channel One News. Why is Channel One continuing to advertise movies during school time? The company is under intense scrutiny in numerous states, yet Channel One gives its many critics more ammunition by promoting movies like "Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed." Jim Metrock, president...
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Anne Hathaway’s Special Time With Your Child

March 26, 2004
Anne Hathaway’s Special Time With Your Child

Photo from www.channelone.com Money passed hands. The deal was sealed. Anne Hathaway would get an opportunity to talk directly to millions of young people while they were at their desks at school. Who is Anne Hathaway? And why would she want to appear on classroom TVs? She is an actress that has a movie coming out in April. Miramax...
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One Classroom Commercial

March 22, 2004
One Classroom Commercial

On March 1, Channel One News ran a commercial for Acuvue contact lens. Acuvue has been an advertiser on C1N for the last two years. Their commercials are not subtle. A schoolchild gets the clear message that if he or she wears glasses, then he or she is unattractive. Acuvue plays "hardball" with the...
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More Sexy Images For Preteens

March 17, 2004
More Sexy Images For Preteens

These still pictures are from a commercial Channel One News approved for preteens. The naked man in the tub with the two naked women is a rock star. The point of showing children these scenes is to get them interested in the video game called Sims Superstar. A child can become a rock star...
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More Gay Content On ChannelOne.com

March 14, 2004

At the official web site for Channel One News, a new poll is asking children their thoughts on the ban on gay marriages. Court Blocks Same-Sex Weddings in San Francisco Do you think that same-sex weddings will eventually resume? Yes or No Channel One News previously has had at least one other poll on...
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Dried Up Rainmaker: Casino Jack

March 7, 2004
Dried Up Rainmaker: Casino Jack

If it wasn’t for bad news, there would be no news about Channel One. Channel One has always paid top dollar to hire expensive lobbyist and influence peddlers of all types to keep their product in American classrooms. They...
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Channel One News: Your Gay Marriage Channel For Children

March 7, 2004

At the official web site for Channel One News, a new poll is asking children their thoughts on the ban on gay marriages. Court Blocks Same-Sex Weddings in San Francisco Do you think that same-sex weddings will eventually resume? Yes or No Channel One News previously has had at least one other poll on...
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Adult Sex Comedy Advertised On Channel One News

March 3, 2004

From Jim Metrock: I have already written about the Channel One-advertised 50 First Dates, but today I saw it for myself. This movie is just filth. I see why it was originally rated R. The thugs at Channel One News ought to be utterly ashamed of themselves. Any adult that encourages children to see this vulgarity is a...
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