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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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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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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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May 31, 2011 – It didn’t appear to make sense for Alloy Media and Marketing to take over the assets of the all-but-bankrupt Channel One Network in 2007. To Alloy, Channel One News was worth the gamble because Channel One could be used to promote Alloy’s various other endeavors. Alloy has gained a...
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This is an entire Channel One News show. Notice how little news there is on the show. There is a long story about a school changing their grading system. There is a student-produced story. There is coverage of the Academy Awards. There is a basketball play as the Play of the Week. In short...
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This is the intro for the February 28, 2011 Channel One News show. To everybody with walking around sense this is a commercial for the animated movie Rango. Channel One says this is not a commercial. They say they are simply using a current movie and a starring actress to grab the attention of...
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Above: August 1991 – Channel One News moves into the new Whittle Communications headquarters in Knoxville, TN. (Building cost $50-$70 million.) Below: June, 2011 – Channel One News headquarters at Alloy Media and Marketing, 151 West 26th Street, New York City. (11th floor)
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June 8, 2011 – From Jim Metrock: Ten years ago Obligation discovered Channel One News was offering public school teachers money for helping in signing up neighboring schools. The company wanted teachers to work for Channel One while still working for the school district. The money would paid straight to teachers and superintendents and...
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http://on.fb.me/k8Y0ZP Channel One News is a controversial “news” show run by Alloy Media and Marketing. Channel One’s main purpose is to advertise products to a captive audience of students. Their deal: they loan schools (disproportionately schools in lower income communities) a TV network (old analog TV sets) in exchange for the school’s promise...
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On June 4 this was posted on Channel One’s Facebook page. The lazy, pretend journalists at Channel One News have no interest in doing their TV show during the summer or for that matter on any weekend or holiday. They could easily provide young people with an up-to-the-minute news show on their website (unlike...
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From the Channel One News script May 31, 2011: WE TOLD YOU EARLIER THIS YEAR ABOUT A REPORT THAT WARNED OF HEALTH PROBLEMS AND SIDE EFFECTS CAUSED BY ENERGY DRINKS. WELL NOW, A LARGE GROUP OF DOCTORS SAY TEENS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM THOSE ENERGY DRINKS COMPLETELY AND ONLY USE SPORTS DRINKS ONCE...
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On May 25, 2011, Channel One News devoted their entire show to advertising four ABC television shows. The...
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Click here. From Jim Metrock: Check out our Facebook page exposing musical acts that usurp school time by advertising on Channel One. One has to be a fairly sorry act to resort to advertising in public school classrooms. Most of these bands and solo acts are relatively unknown. They obviously are hoping that...
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https://obligation.org/pdf/c1brochurefinal032808.pdf
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This recruitment commercial has run for the entire 2010-11 school year. Secondary school students who are unfortunate to attend schools that still have a contract with Channel One News, have seen this one particular ad at least once every week. What’s with the young man running through the crops? Is this a not...
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Click here for full size. This insults students on several levels. This unethical “relationship” continues only because teachers, administrators, and school board members sit on their hands.
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May 24, 2011 – From Jim Metrock: Channel One News has tried many ways to confuse students. They have mixed advertising with news and feature stories, they have allowed advertisers to “sponsor” segments of the show and as we see below the allow advertisers to make their commercials look like a real news story....
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From Jim Metrock: It’s May, 2011. Channel One News is dying. It’s a slow death, but it is fading away. Channel One News has been losing schools and revenue since 1997 (the year Obligation began this web site). As the 2010-11 school year ends, another harsh summer faces Channel One. It is in the...
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This ad appeared several times in Advertising Age. This is how Channel One News thinks about students. They are just a set of eyeballs that are to be sold to the highest bidders. Click on picture for full ad. https://obligation.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/c1undividedattention.pdf
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