Alloy’s Channel One News has the job of telling children about other Alloy entertainment programs. We have seen ads for Gossip Girl on Channel One’s website but since we are blocked (as are all parents) from
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Channel One News Sales Tape
This video is from the late 90’s but it shows what Channel One News is all about. Channel One News is a marketing/advertising company that is trying to pretend to be a news gathering organization. They have always told the public their commercials are of no consequence to kids. They say that young people...
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Astrology Promoted On Channel One
Why teach teens and preteens about astrology? Alloy’s Channel One News has been teasing young people about astrology being legitimate for over five years. Evidently important people at Channel One believe in astrology and they want to share this subject with children. Hopefully the stars say your school district will remove Channel One News...
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Palm Reading For Preteens
Alloy’s Channel One News is now instructing children on how to read palms. Here’s another example of how this controversial company can tell children anything they want to because parents aren’t being informed about Channel One’s content, both on the in-school TV show and on their website.
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Students Ridicule Channel One
This is a YouTube video that ridicules Channel One News. These are high school students and it is a real tragedy for high school students to be wasting time watching Channel One and its commercials. These students evidently must be required to watch the show quite a bit to know all the on-air personalities.
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Air Force Recruitment Commercial
Students in schools that still have Alloy’s Channel One News are compelled to watch military recruitment ads several times a week.
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Stealthy Ads Promote Music Artists
Alloy’s Channel One News uses up class time to promote rock and rap artists to their captive audience of schoolchildren. Here is an ad for Butterfly Boucher that comes on before the commercial break. This sends a message that this isn’t an advertisement and that Channel One News believes this is a great singer...
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The Teen.com/Channel One News Connection
Teen.com is a rough place for teens and preteens. The often age-inappropriate content on the site and its related sites, like Gurl.com, and the promotion of shows and books like Gossip Girl should be disturbing to most parents. The plain truth is if your child is being forced to watch Channel One News (their...
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Napster
The kiddie marketers at Alloy’s Channel One News are doing their best to get young people to sign up for Napster the music download company. When Napster started years ago it was free and that of course incurred the wrath of the music industry. Napster now charges for downloading digital music. Channel One News...
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Obscure Music Acts Pay Channel One News For Plugs
This is a commercial for several relatively unknown, start-up music acts that hope being mentioned on Channel One News will sell some CDs. A band or singer trying to get off the ground could not find a better place to advertise than in a public school where students are forced to listen to their...
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Channel One Advertises Edgy Degrassi Show To Preteens
Alloy’s Channel One News is all about pushing the envelope with teens and preteens. Above you see three actors from Degrassi- The Next Generation opening Channel One’s show and giving their controversial TV show a plug.
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Auburn Makes Correction To Recipients LIst
From Left to Right: Rep. Joseph Mitchell, Sen. Vivian Figures, Sen. Bobby Singleton and Sen. Scott Beason On January 7, Auburn spokesperson Mike Clardy wrote Obligation and said that four legislators did not pick up their free Iron Bowl tickets at their post office. Rep. Joseph Mitchell, Sen. Vivian Figures, Sen. Scott Beason, and...
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Will new ads change the movie industry?
This ad is from Smoke Free Movies. It appeared for the first time in January 2010. Printer-friendly PDF.
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Why Is A Gay Marriage Trial So Important For Sixth Grade Students?
“We fell in love, we want to get married and we can’t. It’s pretty simple.” Since last August, CBS News has been producing the Channel One News TV program. CBS took in Channel One after NBC kicked them out their Rockefeller Plaza studios. CBS is doing the production work for Alloy’s Channel One for...
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Another PG-13 Movie Advertised To Preteens
Channel One News vowed in the year 2000 to stop advertising PG-13 movies to middle school students. Now that Alloy Media and Marketing has taken over, Channel One News is relentlessly advertising PG-13 movies to all ages. Above is a banner ad running on Alloy’s Channel One News website on December 10, 2009. Children...
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Channel One News Encourages Preteens To Watch MTV
Few parents know that Alloy’s Channel One News has a long history promoting MTV shows to preteens.
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The Lovely Bones Is A Must-See For Preteens
This is the actress who plays the 14-year-old girl that gets raped and murdered in The Lovely Bones. The movie comes out January 15, 2010. Channel One News is actively advertising this movie to fifth and sixth-grade children. This PG-13 movie by DreamWorks does not show the actual rape and murder on screen. For...
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$300 XBox Advertised During Class
Alloy/Channel One News continues to advertise the XBox 360 Elite on its in-classroom TV show. This video game system was heavily advertised in December. This product costs $300. Few parents know that their child’s school time is being wasted with such commercials. Those that may know about Channel One and its advertising may...
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Letter Goes To Alabama Representatives
Obligation has contacted some recipients of the free Iron Bowl tickets by email, but we have mailed letters to all the state representatives and state senators. The letter can be read below. Obligation is asking each recipient of these free tickets to promise to refuse them in the future. We want the tickets to...
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Channel One Continues Promoting Sleazy Gossip Girl Show
Sleazy Gossip Girl gets plugged on Channel One News.
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A Holiday Message From Channel One News: “F*** You!”
A song from the Channel One News-promoted CD. Be warned. Explicit lyrics. Drive A is a name of an explicit content band. Right before the holidays Channel One News and Channelone.com are heavily promoting this band and particularly their CD “Loss of Desire.” Below you see screen shots of the advertising for the band...
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News Release: Politicians and Staff Accept Free Iron Bowl Tickets
Free Iron Bowl Tickets news release For Release: December 16, 2009 Contact: Jim Metrock 205.822.0080 jimmetrock@obligation.org GROUP ASKS RECIPIENTS OF FREE IRON BOWL TICKETS TO DONATE TO CHARITY BIRMINGHAM, AL – Obligation, Inc. a Birmingham-based child advocacy organization is asking all state officials who accepted free tickets for this year’s Iron Bowl game from...
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