This pop quiz was featured in the May 26, 2011 Channel One News show.
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Another pop quiz, another movie promotion
Try to find the ad in this video quiz about pandas.
From Jim Metrock: As I have said before, Channel One does NOT consider this pop quiz an advertisement. This feature is part of the “non-commercial” part of Channel One News. There are two commercial breaks that are each one minute long that usually contain four 30-second commercials. This “pop quiz” was not shown during...
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for December 17, 2010
See what Channel One News doesn’t want you to see. What Channel One shows parents is not what students see in their classroom. Channel One does not allow the public to see two minutes of their 12-minute daily program. Channel One News removes both commercial breaks from their web rebroadcast of the...
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Channel One News: Your federally supported news organization
What irony. Channel One News wastes tax money by replacing academic time with marketing time in public schools, while it remains in business mainly because our federal government continues to buy $ millions of commercial time on the program.
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Channel One News brings back Acuvue’s “You’re ugly AND a loser without contacts” commercial.
From April 6, 2011 Channel One News program. There are no rougher commercials on Channel One News than for Acuvue contact lens. The executives at C1N, Kent Haehl and Paul Folkemer, have no problem letting Acuvue get a little rough with middle school and high school student. These commercials are yet again another...
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Soul Surfer Pop Quiz – how clever
When Channel One News is paid to advertise a movie to its captive audience, they don’t fool around. They use every part of their “news show” to pound the ads into students.
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Complete, unedited Channel One News April 6, 2011
ChanneL One News rebroadcasts their in-classroom TV show on their website Channelone.com. They however heavily edit the show so no one in the public can see the commercials in their two daily commercial breaks. Each break is one-minute long and each normally contains two 30-second ads. Obligation is committed to making unedited versions of...
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Channel One News Hall of Shame: Destructo Doll (2009)
From Jim Metrock: This article is from November, 2009. It’s not that long ago but it is important to revisit it in light of Channel One’s announcement this week that they will be targeting elementary school children for the first time. Channel One News has not made public their plans for elementary school kids....
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for April 4, 2011
If parents watched Channel One’s rebroadcast of this show on channelone.com, they would never know a movie was advertised. Since 2007, Channel One News has been cutting out the two 1-minute long commercial breaks from the webcast.This was done to keep the public in the dark.
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Channel One News airs ads for edgy Teen.com in middle schools.
Channel One News and Teen,com article
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Channel One News targets new captive audience: Elementary school children!
From June 27, 2011 press release “Channel One News is also responding to continued teacher demand with an entirely new educational product offering specifically designed for upper primary schools grades 3rd through 5th. Beginning this Fall, Channel One News InterActiv Jr., also powered by Promethean, launches with a daily interactive news service tailored for...
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minds are truly for sale
This is an excerpt from a Huffington Post article about Morgan Spurlock’s new movie POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold: Spurlock notes a particularly upsetting sequence of the film in which he visits a school district in Florida that, because of incessant budget cuts, is forced to sell advertising on its busses,...
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High school mocks Channel One News anchor in introduction.
From Jim Metrock: This video says a lot about the frivolous nature of Channel One News. Alverno High School an all-female Catholic school in California invited Channel One on-air personality Steven Fabian to give the commencement address. He accepted the invitation. He shouldn’t have. The principal of the school introduces him, but instead of...
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Channel One News Hall of Shame: 1992 – Teachers wanting to teach are punished for turning off Channel One News.
For the rest of the story: 2011 Knoxville News Sentinel C1 policy leads to reprimand March 27 1992
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Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash Pink Grapefruit Cleanser
June 3, 2011 – Neutrogena is one of Channel One’s few remaining major sponsors. Young people, and all others, who care about social justice should consider buying a competitor’s product instead of Neutrogena.Their ad money keeps Channel One in schools (disproportionately in lower-income communities) and allows precious school time to be continually wasted. Why...
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Damaged goods
From Jim Metrock: On June 3, Channel One News ended their 2010-11 broadcast year. They ended a week early to save money. The company is strapped for cash. (The idea that they would continue to tape their show for youth interested in the news during the summer?? absolutely not gonna happen.) The four...
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Applicant must be desperate and familiar with exploiting schoolchildren.
It’s tough to hold one’s nose while filling out an application form, but if you live for a challenge, it can be done at Mediabistro click here. Register (it’s free) and then send your information off to Alloy/Channel One. Good luck.
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for June 1, 2011
Full, unedited Channel One News for June 1, 2011Channel One won’t let the public see what students see in their classrooms. On their web rebroadcast they edit out the two minutes of advertising which is the very thing that makes them so controversial and that...
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Complete, unedited version of Channel One News – May 31, 2011
Channel One won’t let the public see what students have to watch in their classrooms. On their web rebroadcast Channel One News edits out the two minutes of advertising which is the very thing that makes them so controversial and that parents want to see. Obligation believes the public needs to have access...
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Filler PSAs
These two PSAs show how indifferent Channel One News executives are to their audience. Channel One likes to publicize how many public service announcements they air on their show. They must feel it makes their company look more socially responsible. The truth is Channel...
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