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Channel One News had many on-air personalities who acted goofy. Tom Hanson is shown...
Bjorn “Hey, I’m a news anchor!” Leines. The beginning of Monday’s Channel One News: MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2004 January 27, 2004 JOSHUA: THE BEST ACTION SPORTS ATHLETES IN THE WORLD HAVE DESCENDED ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS FOR THE WINTER X GAMES, AND WE’RE HERE TO SEE IT ALL UP CLOSE. HEY EVERYBODY....
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Above is a picture of Channel One “technology.” The gray box with the “1” on it is a Channel One head-end unit. The small 13″ TV on top is a Channel One preview TV. This was recently sent to a northern school that had signed up for Channel One not knowing about the controversy surrounding this TV show....
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Run of the House (WB Network) Parents Television Council says, “Run of the House is not recommended for children of any age.” What Channel One executives might say if they were asked: Yeah, we advertised it to kids. Big deal. If we can advertise a drug movie to children, don’t you think we can...
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Below are five pictures. Each is an actual frame from the in-school TV show called Channel One News. Example #1 Stealing time from taxpayers. After the Channel One News show appears to end, the screen goes black, but then the students see this graphic. The purpose of airing the name of a school is to get teachers to...
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From Jim Metrock: Those that have followed our efforts to raise awareness about Channel One News know about Pizitz Middle School in Birmingham, Alabama. I think citizens in all states can learn much from how this school has reacted to the call of citizens to remove Channel One. Pizitz’s principal David Miles has always had a close and...
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Peter Jennings, ABC’s Master of Liberal Bias has unprecedented access to students forced to watch Channel One News. From Jim Metrock: For years, Channel One News has bragged about their special relationship with ABC News. There are few people who will not acknowledge that ABC News is one of the more liberal-biased networks. Channel One News is helping...
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(A picture from the Channel One-advertised, gross-out show “Angel.”) Children get an unhealthy dose of the occult, violence, bizarre sex and general depravity on the WB’s “Angel.” Why did Channel One News allow this show to be advertised to children? Ask the man yourself: Jim Ritt’s email is jritts@channelone.com. He is responsible for this and all...
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2003 News About Channel One News (June – December) 2004 News About Channel One News (January – May) National Case Study: Pizitz Middle School (Birmingham, AL) Teachers flex muscle to keep ads in school. Main Page for Channel One Information (New) Obligation’s Archive of Articles Concerning Channel One News Document Center Video Page Search...
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Click here for the latest news about Channel One. This is an old page. Channel One News – The Most Controversial Show On Television A video message from Jim Metrock (March 2004) Teachers and students stunned by Channel One’s decision to air Snoop Dogg drug joke on classroom TVs. (Feb. 2004) The Library Our Archives...
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Dear Superintendent, It’s probably been some time since you’ve taken an IQ test, but there is no need to panic. Take a deep breath and do your best. We’re going to show you two pictures. The pictures will be of television sets. Here is the first picture. Don’t worry, you can go back and look at the...
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From Jim Metrock: Thanks again to Ken McNatt, the Channel One Slayer. He visited Channel One’s web site tonight and discovered that they had posted Friday’s script around 10:40 PM EST. I am writing this article around 10:10 CST. I have posted his email to me below. It includes the script for tomorrow’s show,...
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On a day (Dec. 17) that Channel One runs a news story about childhood obesity, they have the gall to start a major advertising campaign by McDonalds. Obligation’s Jim Metrock said, “The heartless thugs at Channel One don’t ease up on the kids even at Christmas time. Jim Ritts and the other Channel One...
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Marketers target kids with adult products 12/14/03 VICKI McCLURE News staff writer If parents feel under siege from the sex and violence pervading the goods marketed to youth, perhaps it is because they are. The Federal Trade Commission examined the selling of violent entertainment to youth three years ago and found 80 percent of...
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School District Yanks Channel One From Jim Metrock: Channel One would have called Josh Buice a "Channel One student" who attended a "Channel One school", but Buice never considered himself owned by Channel One and he didn’t consider his school the property of Channel One. Buice graduated from the Douglas County school district several...
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From Jim Metrock: Oh, the lazy people at Channel One News. One of the biggest stories of the year and they are asleep at the wheel AGAIN. This morning, I received an email from Ken McNatt, college student and fearless Channel One fighter from PA. Ken pointed out that several hours after the entire...
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Open Letter to Alabama Citizens in the Sunday Birmingham News
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November 2002, the Nashville Metro school district overwhelming voted to kick Channel One News out of all its schools. The cost to replace Channel One’s old junky 19" TV sets with brand new 27" TVs for the entire metropolitan system was about $1 million. For that amount of money, Nashville gained the equivalent of...
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Why did Channel One News allow the actress pictured above to host its TV show on Friday, December 6? Does a school risk legal problems by encouraging students to see a movie that normalizes drug and alcohol usage among young people? What justification can a principal have for allowing school time to be used...
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The obesity crisis among teens and preteens is causing much suffering – both physical and mental, yet Channel One News employees are one group that must be smiling. Channel One has a long history of junk food advertisements. Junk food ads on Channel One News have made Lisa Ling, Gotham Chopra, Jim Ritts, Jeff...
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Schools that rent their TV equipment from Channel One are repeatedly told what they must do in order to keep the equipment. No other public school supplier has the audacity of Channel One. Schools are required to show the daily TV show 90% of all school days. How gutsy is that? Who is Channel...
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From Jim Metrock: Public companies are required to file a quarterly report, called a 10-Q, to the SEC. In this report, a firm is required to disclose relevant information regarding their financial position. The report is due 35 days after each of the first three fiscal quarters. After the fourth quarter, the firm files...
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Channel One has had a love affair with the McDonald’s Corporation for many years. Students are accustomed to seeing special ads on Channel One News urging them to enter contests at their local McDonald’s. One famous Channel One ad showed a carload of teens agreeing that they should eat MORE french fries (after they had already eaten) so...
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