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Typical Channel One News. This is a controversial topic and Channel One did not give teachers any warning that they were going to air the story. Does this send a message to middle school students (Channel One’s biggest, most loyal audience) that there’s an alternative to taking notes in class? Channel One News doesn’t...
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Political football in Montgomery by The Anniston Star Editorial Board October 19, 2010 If only Alabama and Auburn’s ball carriers were as elusive as state politicians asked to weigh in on the free Iron Bowl tickets perk handed out to lawmakers every year. The way some side-stepped the issue when asked about it by...
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October 17, 2010 Ineligible receivers? Children’s advocate wants legislators to take a pass on free Iron Bowl tixThe Anniston Star by Laura Camper Each year, the host of the Iron Bowl sends to Alabama’s legislators and government officials hundreds of free tickets to the Auburn-Alabama football game. The goal is to persuade the holders of...
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Alloy Wants to Own Teenage Girls The entertainment company dominates teen books, television, and film, so why not the Web, or the rest of the world? By Susan Berfield Josh Bank is a cheerful guy in a red-checked shirt and pressed khakis with millions of young women under his influence. On this Sunday morning in...
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Channel One News under Kent Haehl and Paul Folkemer has become an advertising funhouse. Every part of the show is up for sale. Respectability? Forgetaboutit. Chanenl One appears to be in survival mode. Here’s an actress in a new movie It’s Kind of a Funny Story coming out on Friday, October 8. Channel...
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EDITORIAL: Iron Bowl perks for lawmakers must end Published: Sunday, October 03, 2010, 8:30 AM John Peck, The Huntsville Times HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ Jim Metrock is not a household name in Alabama – unless it’s brought up in the Alabama Statehouse. The Birmingham-area charity activist is on a crusade to stop the...
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Video from March 16, 2009. Another Channel One “Shout Out.” This time it is Rainn Wilson pitching his animated movie Monsters vs. Aliens. These “Shout Out” spots are not billed as advertisements and so they can be confusing to some schoolchildren. Confusion is what Channel One is aiming for. They pride themselves...
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From Jim Metrock: Got your attention? As far as I know Channel One News is not considering advertising cigarettes. For that matter I have no information leading me to believe the company will start advertising automatic firearms, beer, abortion clinics, state lotteries, x-rated movies, or “head shops.” The reason I posted this headline is...
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When Channel One News advertises a movie, they throw everything at young people and hope something will stick. As we have seen they will invite the actors from the movie to be “special guests” on the classroom TV show. Of course, regular movie commercials (“trailers”) will air on Channel One News and Channel One’s...
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It’s Wednesday, September 22, 2010 and Channel One News is cheating schools again. We would say they are sneaking in more advertising content over the two-minute contractual limit, but there is no “sneaking” to it. This is just a blatant ad for a movie, but Channel One News refuses to acknowledge it as an...
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Form 10-Q for ALLOY INC 9-Sep-2010 Quarterly Report Media Media segment revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2010 was $14,993, an increase of $225, or 1.5%, from revenue of $14,768 in the second quarter of fiscal 2009. The increase was primarily due to increases in our Digital, Alloy Education and Display Board businesses...
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This is a tape that Channel One News accidentally gave me in 1997. They thought I was a potential advertiser. They never wanted the public to see this outrageous video because it undermines their claims that the in-school TV show is about news and not about commercials. Channel One News has always been in...
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This is just a small section of a page from Channelone.com’s site. Above “Channel One News” There is a Staples banner ad. To the right of logo is another ad for Staples. Below is one of Christa Fletcher’s phony “news story” about a British band named Deluka which is nothing but a...
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Dec. 2009 Each year, right before the Christmas holidays, Channel One News saturates its shows with commercials for video games. Along with regular 30-second commercials for games, they allow games to “sponsor” a feature of the show.
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Video from May 4, 2009 program. Actor Chris Pine introduces the show, then later he does a “Shout Out” and later still he gives the Pop Quiz. (Did he just mention his movie?) This actor appears on Channel One News to promote his new film Star Trek that will be in theaters...
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Last year, this commercial ran on Channel One News both in high schools and middle schools. What’s the man looking at that makes him laugh? Since the commercial is all about cell phone vices is he looking at an indecent picture? He tells kids that any cell phone can cause people to develop certain...
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Channelone.com’s homepage today September 13, 2010. Everything in blue is an ad for Staples. No joke. Channel One is obviously hurting for money and so they are turning their website into one big billboard. This is what has been happening to their in-school TV show. This is why Channel One’s anchors on the TV...
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Does this look like a commercial? No. It looks like a nice actor stopped by and wanted to say “Hi” to his old school. Isn’t that sweet? Channel One News uses the Shout Out feature to sneak some extra advertising into their already ad-loaded show.This actor mentions he stars in Star Trek. He says...
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From Jim Metrock: This was a full page ad in Advertising Age on May 11, 1998. This is what Channel One News is all about: eyeballs. Make millions of schoolchildren contractually obligated to watch your TV show during school time, and then sell those eyeballs to the highest bidder. This is one repugnant ad....
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This was an informative advertisement paid for by Obligation that appeared in certain zip code areas in the Greater Birmingham, AL area in the spring of 2004. for complete PDF: https://obligation.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/c1stupidityofchanneloneadbhamnews.pdf
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