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Channel One News had many on-air personalities who acted goofy. Tom Hanson is shown...
It’s about to get ugly on Channel One News. Girls are told that if they don’t look like these two models above (from Clean & Clear’s web site), then they are ugly and therefore need to purchase, er, Clean & Clear products from Johnson & Johnson. (Johnson & Johnson has been advertising on Channel...
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Headline at 6:15 PM (CDT) August 15, 2004 On Channel One’s Web Site Channel One News likes to bill itself as the “only source of news” for many of the children forced to watch their in-school TV show. Heaven help those unfortunate children. Channel One News does not broadcast over the summer. To Channel One News, there...
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This is a picture of Channel One’s message board this afternoon (August 12). Somebody posted a message that uses symbols to draw what appears to be a razor cutting a wrist. This would be in keeping with Channel One’s previous cutting postings earlier in the year. Obligation believes that Channel One executives are NOT trying to get children interested...
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Channel One is running a contest to promote the Teen Choice Awards on the Fox Network. Channel One is offering children various products as prizes. The companies supplying the prizes are paying to have their products promoted on the channelone.com site. One advertiser Channel One has signed up is Zroom Foods. This company has...
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On March 15, 2004, PRIMEDIA, Inc. released this information about Channel One News. " Advertising revenues, which are generated primarily by Channel One, decreased $13,920 in 2002 compared to 2001. The decline was due to the expiration of long-term contracts as well as decreases in non-cash revenue items such as barter and assets-for-equity...
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The WB Network pays Channel One News to run commercials for one of its most violent programs. It is called Angel. (Sounds nice, but it is a bloodbath of occult violence mixed with humor.) We have written about it before. We had hoped that Channel One’s president Jim Ritts and Jeff Ballabon, Channel One’s self-described “Moral Filter” would come to...
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In May, Channel One’s president of programming, Morgan Wandell, made a decision to show American schoolchildren part of the tape that terrorists made of Nicholas Berg Berg was an American that was captured by terrorist and then killed. The terrorist filmed his beheading. Channel One’s Morgan had access to the terrorist film and decided that American students were tough enough...
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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 If your preteen is forced to watch Channel One News at school, then he or she is subjected to many depressing and disturbing stories and images. Channel One is infamous for showing schoolchildren age-inappropriate content. They have shown a drug addict preparing to “shoot up.” For some reason known only to Channel One producers, they...
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Friday, April 30, Jimmie Johnson became a news anchor on Channel One News. Mr. Johnson is a driver on the NASCAR race circuit. He appeared for two purposes: to get kids to turn into Fox’s broadcast of the Auto Club 500 race on May 2 and to help young people become fans of NASCAR. NASCAR is using taxpayers...
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From Jim Metrock: When Channel One’s parent company, PRIMEDIA, Inc., announces their quarterly earnings, they have a conference call that allows analysts to ask questions of the top brass. Usually, there are few comments or questions about Channel One. That is changing as Channel One’s fortunes continue to deteriorate. Here are sections of today’s release that deal with Channel...
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It is difficult to imagine a company that makes more bad decisions than Channel One News. On April 21, Channel One did something that many have urged them not to do. They ran a story about the anniversary of the Columbine shootings. Was it absolutely necessary to put the Columbine tragedy into schoolchildren’s faces AGAIN? The producer of that...
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Chicago Media Watch Presentation From Jim Metrock: It was an honor to be invited to be a speaker at the spring Chicago Media Watch conference. Advertising to children was the focus of their meeting. I was to talk about Channel One. I had already committed to another meeting, so I filmed my presentation and put it on a DVD...
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This commercial for UPN’s "Top Model" was shown in schools with Channel One News
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An Open Letter to Obligation, Inc. for Parents, and Educators in “Channel One Schools” April 15, 2004 Obligation, Inc. The Barbizon Building 3100 Lorna Road, Suite 311 Birmingham, AL 35216 Dear Obligation, I have been a public school teacher in the state of Colorado for the past eleven years and have been put in the unfortunate and uncomfortable...
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“The Calling” Advertisement – March 19, 2004 This video clip is taken from Channel One News, March 19, 2004. This is one continuous clip. It is 1 minute and 14 seconds long. Anyone that has access to a calculator, please multiply 8,000,000 (students under contract to C1N) times 74 seconds. How many student hours is that? This particular show...
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From Jim Metrock: When I send Channel One’s president emails, he doesn’t respond. Therefore, I have decided to conduct a totally made-up conversation between Jim Ritts and myself. Mr. Ritts, glad to have you at Obligation’s web site. Do you mind answering a few questions I have? Metrock, you are an absolute fool. We have never met. We...
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Right now there is a “children’s” movie in the theaters that features a main character abusing inhalants. “Huffing” is the term and it is a real problem for a growing number of children. Huffing kills kids. It is irresponsible for a movie aimed at kids to normalize inhalant abuse. The movie is “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.” It was advertised on Channel One News....
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Here are a few postings from a current thread on Channel One’s Community Message Board. There are some postings that take issue with the idea that Jesus was a homosexual, but the question is why is Channel One News allowing this content on their official web site? Every message posted on their site is...
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Talking about movies, it is getting dumb and dumber at Channel One News. Why is Channel One continuing to advertise movies during school time? The company is under intense scrutiny in numerous states, yet Channel One gives its many critics more ammunition by promoting movies like "Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed." Jim Metrock, president...
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Photo from www.channelone.com Money passed hands. The deal was sealed. Anne Hathaway would get an opportunity to talk directly to millions of young people while they were at their desks at school. Who is Anne Hathaway? And why would she want to appear on classroom TVs? She is an actress that has a movie coming out in April. Miramax...
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On March 1, Channel One News ran a commercial for Acuvue contact lens. Acuvue has been an advertiser on C1N for the last two years. Their commercials are not subtle. A schoolchild gets the clear message that if he or she wears glasses, then he or she is unattractive. Acuvue plays "hardball" with the...
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