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Prequel to Sex in the City advertised on Channel One News.

January 8, 2013
Prequel to Sex in the City advertised on Channel One News.

Channel One News is actively plugging The Carrie Diaries before its January 14 premiere on the CW Network.   Channel One News is enticing teens and children to watch the Sex in the City prequel by offering them a chance to win a two day trip to New York City and a $1,50o0 gift...
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Two new wannabe journalists at Channel One News.

January 4, 2013
Two new wannabe journalists at Channel One News.

  Channel One says of Kuang: “Jason graduated from SUNY Purchase with a BA in Journalism, and then went out into the world to pursue his journalism career, which started when he was an intern at Channel One. He is now a full-fledged staff member working on a little bit of everything.”  Going to...
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for September 16, 2003

January 3, 2013
Complete, unedited Channel One News for September 16, 2003

  Channel One News for September 16, 2003. Channel One makes its classroom broadcast available on the web for parents and the public to review, but they remove the commercials. Yet the commercial content is often what parents are most interested in seeing. “What are you selling to my child?” This video is the complete,...
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Mississippi School for the Deaf shows Channel One commercials to captive student audience.

January 2, 2013
Mississippi School for the Deaf shows Channel One commercials to captive student audience.

        From Jim Metrock: The first Wastin’ Time and Tax Dollar$ Award is given to the Mississippi School for the Deaf.  The above Facebook post indicates that this school is showing Channel One’s hyper-commercial TV show to students.  Students are subjected to Channel One’s relentless commercials for questionable movies and TV...
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Review of Channel One News 2012: Wasting school time while selling violence and horror to students.

January 1, 2013
Review of Channel One News 2012: Wasting school time while selling violence and horror to students.

  December 24, 2012 Channel One News has dished out a lot of violence to middle school kids. December 23, 2012 From the archives: Channel One starts up (1990) December 20, 2012 We never said farewell to Josh Zepps. Or hello to Julian Dujarric. December 17, 2012 Complete, unedited Channel One News for September...
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Channel One News has dished out a lot of violence to middle school kids.

December 24, 2012
Channel One News has dished out a lot of violence to middle school kids.

  Channel One News has a long, disgusting history of advertising movies and TV shows with violent content. And using violent images to even sell products like Mountain Dew and Mug Root Beer. Here is just a sampling of their recklessness. During the holidays it is a good time for all of us to...
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From the archives: Channel One starts up (1990)

December 23, 2012
From the archives: Channel One starts up (1990)

 The glory years for Channel One News were 1991-1997.   From Jim Metrock: Christopher Whittle, the marketing genius who created Channel One News, wanted ads in places where a person could not turn away. Placed-based advertising he called it. His goal was to force advertising onto people in a way that would demand extremely...
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We never said farewell to Josh Zepps. Or hello to Julian Dujarric.

December 20, 2012
We never said farewell to Josh Zepps. Or hello to Julian Dujarric.

From Jim Metrock: Anchor-to-be Josh Zepps (How old are the anchors?) had enough of Channel One News. After doing a few shows this spring, Zepps left for a job with the Huffington Post this past summer. But of course there is always someone ready to host the kiddie marketing TV show and the new guy...
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for September 15, 2003

December 17, 2012
Complete, unedited Channel One News for September 15, 2003

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrTCl9BEJUE          
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Another pro-gay rights story for middle school students on Channel One News

December 12, 2012
Another pro-gay rights story for middle school students on Channel One News

 
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“Bro” and “Dude” do a shout out on Channel One News. Students had to watch this.

December 10, 2012
“Bro” and “Dude” do a shout out on Channel One News. Students had to watch this.

 
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Age-inappropriate Teen.com gets promoted to middle school students by Channel One News.

December 9, 2012
Age-inappropriate Teen.com gets promoted to middle school students by Channel One News.


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Channel One News: The healthiest youth marketing company in NYC.

December 7, 2012
Channel One News: The healthiest youth marketing company in NYC.

From Jim Metrock: It’s good that Channel One employees are so health conscious. Intern Alexis Morgan says she’s a vegetarian. She thinks it is great that Maggie Rulli brings healthy snacks to the office every day. Ms. Morgan relates how the Channel One staff members love to exercise and how they all “eat a...
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Two from Channel One’s comment section.

November 29, 2012
Two from Channel One’s comment section.

  We understand Barb’s complaint. Channel One News laid it on thick with their promotional story on rapper Lil Wayne. Any child watching Channel One, who didn’t know better, would have come away thinking Lil Wayne was a saint. We are however perplexed by Lisa’s post on Channel One’s comment section. Did Channel One News...
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Hostess and Channel One News were quite a team.

November 24, 2012
Hostess and Channel One News were quite a team.

  Just some of the junk food products Channel One News saw fit to advertise on their classroom TV show:   McDonalds / Dec. 22, 2003 Jolly Rancher, Gatorade/ Sep. 19, 2003 Jolly Rancher hard candy / Mar. 24, 2003 Pepsi with Shakira / Mar. 24, 2003 How Channel One News helped create the...
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Pop Quiz: Maggie Rulli has just…

November 18, 2012
Pop Quiz: Maggie Rulli has just…

A. for the first time 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. From Jim Metrock: The...
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The hypercommercial Channelone.com

November 16, 2012
The hypercommercial Channelone.com

Needing revenue, Channel One News is plastering ads all over its “current events” website as well as its in-classroom TV show.  
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Channel One News and Promethean continue to waste school time plugging Twilight movie.

November 14, 2012
Channel One News and Promethean continue to waste school time plugging Twilight movie.

  Nikki Reed: Hey, everyone! I’m Nikki Reed. Jackson Rathbomb: And I’m Jackson Rathbomb. We’re from the new movie in the Twilight saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. Get ready because… Nikki Reed: Channel One News starts right now! Maggie: Thanks, guys, for getting us going.   November 12, 2012 – Channel One and Promethean...
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CEO Kent Haehl is so relieved that Promethean hasn’t dropped Channel One News… yet.

November 13, 2012
CEO Kent Haehl is so relieved that Promethean hasn’t dropped Channel One News… yet.

 
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Channel One and Promethean in their “twilight” years?

November 12, 2012
Channel One and Promethean in their “twilight” years?

If they keep doing this in American schools, they both will fade to black.
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2 minutes is still too much time to waste with Channel One News

November 12, 2012
2 minutes is still too much time to waste with Channel One News

Shepherd Hill Regional High School in Dudley, Massachusetts allows 2 minutes for the 12-minute Channel One News. This is just another example of how Channel One’s contract with schools has become a sham, unenforceable contract.   
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Because NH state education officials stood up to Channel One News in 1989,

November 10, 2012
Because NH state education officials stood up to Channel One News in 1989,

 NH students have had more time to learn. In 2011, only 9 out of 494 state schools had a contract with Channel One. 
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