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Palm Reading For Preteens

January 23, 2010
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

January 22, 2010
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

January 21, 2010
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

January 20, 2010
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

January 19, 2010
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

January 16, 2010
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

January 15, 2010

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

January 13, 2010
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

January 12, 2010
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?

January 12, 2010
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?

January 11, 2010
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

January 10, 2010
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

January 9, 2010
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

January 8, 2010
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

January 5, 2010
$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

December 30, 2009
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

December 30, 2009
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!”

December 20, 2009
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

December 16, 2009
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   [email protected] 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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Milk Carton Ads Are Powerful

December 10, 2009

MilkRocks is part of MilkMedia. The milk carton ad in this student-produced video encourages young people to visit milkrocks.com a hyper-commercial web site. This YouTube video shows how powerful advertising can be on a school milk carton.
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The Brawl Begins When Parents Find Out About MilkMedia

December 8, 2009
The Brawl Begins When Parents Find Out About MilkMedia

MilkMedia says this is not an advertisement. No, this is nothing more than a promotion to get kids to drink more milk. Yeah, right. Does that look like a blade in his right hand? It isn’t, but that is the first impression. The people at MilkMedia thought elementary school kids would like to know...
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Adriana Diaz (A.D.) Makes Money Confusing Kids

December 6, 2009
Adriana Diaz (A.D.) Makes Money Confusing Kids

November 2009: A.D. is at it again. Here she is interviewing a new band called The Material advertising on Alloy/Channel One News. Her job is to get kids interested in this act. If the group’s record company thinks exposure on Alloy/Channel One News helps their artists, they will spend more advertising dollars with the...
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