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Channel One News celebrates how Islam treats young women.
From Jim Metrock: Channel One News doesn’t spend most of its time covering hard news. It can’t. It would be too expensive, and besides, the show is always a day late because it is, even in 2017, a taped show. Channel One could produce a live show that would be more current for...
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Houghton Mifflin reports 2Q loss
From Jim Metrock: Channel One’s parent company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reported today that it lost $46.9 million in its second quarter. How much of that is due to Channel One is unknown. Houghton Mifflin rarely mentions Channel One by name anymore. Houghton Mifflin lost $8 million in the Second Quarter of 2015. Houghton...
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Berkeley County schools face financial crisis, yet still wastes taxpayer $ showing Channel One News.
Channel One promo filmed by students March 2016 Hedgesville MS From Jim Metrock: Hedgesville Middle School evidently is continuing to show movie commercials and other ads for products in its classrooms. Showing Channel One News according to the contract takes up one hour a week of taxpayer-funded school time. Let’s hope Berkeley...
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Channel One News allows Iron Man director to promote his movie on taxpayer time. (2010)
From Jim Metrock: It’s 2017 and there is a good reason that Channel One News steadfastly refuses to publish the list of advertisers on its controversial, classroom TV show. No parent, no educator, no school administrator, no citizen is allowed to know what is being advertised to the students in their community. That...
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Narcoossee Middle School still wasting tax money with Channel One News.
From Channel One’s transcript for April 12, 2017: Students: This is Mr. Leininger’s seventh-grade U.S. history class from Narcoossee Middle School in St. Cloud, Florida, and Channel One News starts right now! Emily: Awesome job, guys, and check out that clear, bright-blue sky. They don’t call Florida the Sunshine State for nothing. Thanks...
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Another one bites the dust: CJ Kettler out as Channel One head. Leaves Houghton Mifflin.
From Jim Metrock: In 2014, CJ Kettler helped convince Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to acquire her distressed and bleeding Channel One News. Houghton Mifflin has made its share of bad decisions, but acquiring Channel One News was a “doozy.” For three years Ms. Kettler stayed at Houghton Mifflin and oversaw Channel One. May 2017, she...
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Channel One promoted-Teen Vogue normalizes teen drinking.
From Jim Metrock: Channel One News continues to help promote Teen Vogue to its youthful audience. Go to Channel One’s Facebook page to see a video promo of Teen Vogue. When young people get a subscription to Teen Vogue (and that’s what Channel One and, of course, Teen Vogue wants), the magazine sends the...
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Channel One-promoted Teen Vogue emails kids An*l Sex guide
From Jim Metrock: Why in the world did Channel One News promote the age-inappropriate Teen Vogue to middle school and high school students on their TV show? Why in the world is Channel One News insisting on plugging Teen Vogue on its Facebook page knowing elementary school students will visit there? Channel One...
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When Channel One News walked out on school board members. (2008)
Note: This is from May 2008. Both Obligation and Channel One News had booths at the same education conference exhibit hall. Eyeball to eyeball and… Channel One blinked. Channel One News personnel abandoned their booth at the 2008 NSBA exhibit hall. From Jim Metrock: I was very proud to have a booth at...
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July 5, 2017: No news from Channel One News for a month!
From Jim Metrock: This is the saddest summer in memory for the “journalists” at Channel One News. There are no news reports, no video news reports, no headlines. Channel One News has completely abandoned the youth they claim to serve. Years ago, Channel One would at least copy and paste a few AP headlines...
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Disney Channel advertised in classrooms on taxpayer time
Channel One News commercial May 10 2017 Disney Channel From Jim Metrock: Channel One News refuses to release the list of advertisers on its classroom TV show. I continually ask Channel One’s chief ad salesman, David Drucker, to give parents and the public a break by letting them know what ads are being...
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Math problem for kids out of school.
From Jim Metrock: Hey kids, Channel One News is basically closed down for the long summer, but I have an idea how we can squeeze some value out of their dismal website. So I go to Channel One’s website this morning and I see this poll they want visitors to take. The results of...
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Channel One’s Mixed Grade By Constance L. Hays (Dec. 5, 1999)
From the archives. Excerpt: “Youth is critical to the soft-drink business,” said C.J. Fraleigh, vice president for cola marketing for Pepsi-Cola, which has advertised on Channel One since its inception. “That’s when so many people form their brand preferences.” He said Channel One was attractive to Pepsi because it reaches teenagers as efficiently as...
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Channel One News. Parents Choice Award? Really? What a joke.
This is an email I sent to Don Oldenburg. Dear Mr. Oldenburg Last year you wrote a glowing article about Channel One News for the Parent Choice website. You touched briefly on some people having a problem with “advertising.” You appear to be unfamiliar with what Channel...
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Jack Lynch continues pumping money into all-but-dead Channel One News
From Jim Metrock: John “Jack” J. Lynch, Jr. is the president and Chief Executive Officer of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Mr. Lynch’s task is to clean up the mess that Linda Zecher made when she headed HMH. One of Ms. Zecher’s biggest mistakes was acquiring Channel One News. Acquiring a pariah in the world of...
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Skoollive CEO targets teens
From Jim Metrock: To George Bruton the CEO of the tiny Skoollive kiddie-marketing firm, teens and preteens are pretty much nothing more than a target “demographic.” They are merely a target market. Below is a sponsored article paid for by Skoollive. Here Mr. Bruton gushes about the amount of money each teenager spends...
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Channel One News continues to promote toxic Teen Vogue to preteens
From Jim Metrock: Channel One News did a major promotion for Teen Vogue in the closing days of this past school year. Many teens and preteens more than likely became subscribers or at least visitors to Teen Vogue’s website because of Channel One’s efforts. I subscribed to Teen Vogue after Channel One News devoted...
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