"we can get some friends do it like the ying yang twins wait til’ you see my… wait til’ you see my…" Today, September 14, 2006 is Chris Brown Day on Channel One News. Chris Brown? Who is he? Well, if you were forced to watch Channel One News, you would know....
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There are two parts to Channel One News. One is the in-school TV show that has caused controversy for the last 16 years. The other part is Channelone.com which has been equally controversial since it was launched in 1996. Schools that signed up for Channel One News – the TV show, never agreed to...
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Oops, they did it again. It is difficult to get any true figures on how many schools still have Channel One. We know that their revenue has been cut in half over the years, so that would indicate that advertisers believe their audience is much less than before. Still, the public has to rely...
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When a Channel One News show comes on a classroom TV set, students and teachers should be asking a few questions. Media literacy is about better understanding the media messages that come at us so fast that they usually escape critical thinking. It is ironic that the one TV show that needs to be...
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On August 17, Channel One added this language to their channelone.com website: WIRELESS MARKETING SERVICES AND PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ChannelOne.com may provide its users and viewers with the opportunity to register for special promotions, services, news, programming and information delivered via text messaging and other wireless devices such as mobile phones. Users are required to...
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Obligation has said it for ten years: Channel One’s TV show and its website are not age-appropriate for middle school students. Now Channel One agrees with us, at least about the Channel One website. Below: Last month, this new language was very quietly placed on Channelone.com: The bold print is Channel One’s. If you...
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Barack Obama is the junior U. S. Senator from Illinois. Yesterday, Channel One ran a lengthy report on his recent visit to Africa. It was puzzling why Channel One’s producers chose this story for their broadcast. There were so many other more newsworthy stories to cover on August 30 when this show was taped....
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"Prior to installing Channel One, the district schools had a program called ‘sustained silent reading,’ in which everyone in the schools stopped what they were doing every day for fifteen minutes and read something–a book, a magazine article, an assignment–in total silence. Channel One replaced the reading."   This is an article we recently...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One’s daily TV show is suppose to have no more than two minutes of commercial content. That promise is written into its contract. School boards relied on that promise, as well as others in the contract, terms of agreement, and Channel One’s news standards, when they agreed to turn over...
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"Tick" video. (This is what preteens watched on August 29, 2006) A new and equally ominous spot from Environmental Defense has been approved by Channel One. The new video is called "Tick." Various children are shown saying, "Tick." That is "tick" as in time bomb. This is another "death play" by ED. Children will...
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Schoolchildren in New Orleans and surrounding areas got a jolt this morning. Another hurricane may be heading their way. Only one news source was reporting this disturbing development – Channel One News. They weren’t breaking a news story – just the opposite. They had stayed too long with an old story. Channel One news...
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Channel One’s new best buddy, Democratic "Pit Bull" James Carville, welcomes C1N to DC and students to a new year of indentured servitude. from Channel One News August 14, 2006 script JAMES CARVILLE SHOUT-OUT CARVILLE: WE HAVE A LOT IN WASHINGTON. THE CAPITOL, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, THE WHITE HOUSE, THE MALL. BUT WE...
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Channel One’s web site (advertised relentlessly on their in-school TV show) is once again prominently promoting their "Kabbalah Love Calculator." This is part of their year-long, self-described "Massive Astrology Guide" for preteens and teens. Astrology is evidently a "big thing" with Channel One News personnel. Why is a current events web site featuring "love...
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8:57 PM CDT – We checked Channel One’s web site just now and were surprised to see MONDAY’s script posted already. This is a good example of how stale Channel One’s news is. The producers actually have anchor Meka Nichols say the line, "Let’s start with today’s headlines." That was probably said by Ms....
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It costs money to cover a news story. That’s why Channel One News covers so few of them. Unfortunately for C1N, each weekday during the school year, they HAVE to produce a show. That show has to be at least 12 minutes in length. What are you to do when you only have a...
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C1N adds a picture of the dying woman so children can visualize who is being burned alive. Is there no one at Channel One News that has preteen children? Is there anyone there who understands that some children may not be able to handle this terror? This week New York City’s law department released...
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