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“The only thing i like about channel one is i get to miss like 15 minutes of my english class.”
From Jim Metrock: How fitting. Yesterday I wrote about the Grinches at Channel One News who rob children of their academic time in school. Today I find the latest post on Channel One’s Facebook page by a student who thinks the best thing about Channel One News is wasting 15 minutes of English class....
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Channel One News advertises $300+ video game and system
You’re mean ones, Mr. and Ms. Grinch! From Jim Metrock: When children click on Channel One’s front page “Holiday Guide” they are taken to a page that instantly fills with a video ad for Disneyland Adventures video game. The ad fills the center of the screen even though the child has not clicked...
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Advertising Tintin in classrooms is Dumbdumb
Precious seconds of school time are lost as Channel One News begins its December 12, 2011 “current events” show with a countdown promoting the new movie Tintin. Columbia Pictures paid good money to Channel One to tease students with their new Steven Spielberg movie coming out December 21. We are sure that students are...
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Revisiting National College and Channel One News
From Jim Metrock: I wrote recently about Channel One advertising the career college National College. Any company that supports Channel One’s exploitation of schoolchildren should come under criticism. BUT, I have to back off my comments about National College. I received a letter and other information ( 2011 National College letters Dec 7 2011 ) from...
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Time to busta Channel One News
From Jim Metrock: Google wants kids to know about its new Google Music service. So they figured advertising on Channel One is a good thing. As you can see Channel One News has approved a Google Music ad which offers a free download of “Why Stop Now” by the rapper Busta Rhymes. This...
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What’s a soccer kick have to do with current events?
There are so few real news stories on Channel One News, they have to add various “filler” features to pad the space between the commercials. Play of the Week is an old standby. Students send in video in hopes Channel One will feature their school on air. The videos are generally unspectacular. That doesn’t...
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Scott Evans
Why join a TV show that is spiraling downwards? Scott Evans is not in Indianapolis anymore. He is now the brand new anchor at Channel One News. His previous experience has been in public relations for the Indiana Pacers basketball team and for a local Indianapolis TV station. With the abrupt departure of...
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Must start immediately. You will be terminated in June.
Please don’t hang any pictures. Welcome aboard. Another employment ad for Channel One News. This one is strange. This position would normally be a full-time position. It was in the “good ole days” (1993-1998) when Channel One had their own studio and were making obscene amounts of ad money. Has the Big Boss,...
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Kids learn about the raunchy Book of Mormon play from Channel One News
Channel One News article praises offensive play and gives children link to play’s website. Here’s a typical song from The Book of Mormon. Be WARNED. This may be considered funny stuff to Channel One’s staff but this is very offensive content. Obligation normally “*&%#s” out most letters of offensive words when...
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National College allowed to advertise on Channel One
December 16, 2011: National College sent information refuting the Kentucky Attorney General’s claims. Please read: 2011 O C1 National College letter Dec 7 2011 Controversial National College fits perfectly with extremely controversial Channel One News. From Jim Metrock: Anyone who has watched as much Channel One News as I have, certainly appreciates how little...
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Channel One News continues losing schools, student viewers
Today Keystone Enterprise Services (Salt Lake City, UT) announced they would retain their contract to maintain Channel One’s TV equipment in schools. In their press release Keystone has given the public a little more information about the very secretive Channel One company. The news isn’t good for the kiddie marketers at Channel One. Keystone...
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Wastin’ Time nominee: Goza Middle School
Superintendent Donnie Witten allows movie commercials to rob his students of academic time. For more information: The Wastin’ Time and Tax Dollars Award Names of schools in the running for Obligation’s Wastin’ Time and Tax Dollars Award: Lardner Middle School, Niles, MI Avon Middle School North, Avon, Indiana Clark Middle School, Laredo, TX Powdersville Middle...
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Selling HTC phones to preteens
How many babysitting jobs would it take to buy a $250 – $449 cell phone?
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Guess what movie Channel One advertised all last week in public schools?
The amount of school time and tax money lost promoting this movie is a tragedy. Channel One has removed all commercials shown on the classroom TV show Channel One News from its web rebroadcast. This prevents parents from seeing what is being advertised to their students. So the Twilight commercials that ran in middle...
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Parents have a big and important friend in the CCFC.
Click to visit the CCFC There’s no better advocate for children than the CCFC, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. They really detest Channel One’s presence in schools. Here are a few of their articles about these commercial exploiters. The CCFC does so much more to benefit the lives...
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Why Channel One News is desperate to get into elementary schools.
Click for video. Originally posted August 21, 2010. The video is still factually correct except the number of schools under contract to Channel One and the number of students in Channel One’s audience are significantly less now. https://obligation.org/2011-09-08-shock-channel-one-news-loses-500000-students-within-three-months Because Channel One has been thrown out of so many secondary schools over the past eight...
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The US Army may be overspending on Channel One News ads.
Many secondary schools under contract to show Channel One News to their students don’t honor the contract. For years Obligation has documented numerous ways schools violate the viewing terms of Channel One’s contract. [ex. MS, AL and TX, GA and TX, FL, NE, WY, IA and the notorious Pizitz Letters – Channel One admits their viewing...
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