Jim Ritts is the beleaguered president of Channel One News. His company is both up for sale and looking for additional investors if no purchaser can be found. Ritts knows it is "gut-check" time for Channel One and he is doing some bold (read: "stupid") things to bring money into his company. Ritts has...
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From: *******@aol.com Date: October 31, 2003 12:18:58 PM CST To: ****@aol.com Cc: jimmetrock@mindspring.com Subject: Channel One Hello, I just wanted to let you know – Thanks to your support and all the information from Jim Metrock and Obligation Inc. web site, I was able to have Channel One thrown out of our school district...
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Every week, Channel One News plays a joke on the school boards that signed up for their service. They run a feature called The Play of the Week. This is a promotional effort by Channel One to get more students to watch their program. Virtually every day near the beginning of the show, Channel...
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October 28, 2003 Candidates’ concerns voiced at forum By Matt Merritt/Austin Daily Herald   The public got down to the details with the 10 Austin School Board candidates Monday night at the Mower County Senior Center. Questions at the forum, sponsored by the Austin branch of the American Association of University Women, included such...
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  From Jim Metrock: Channel One News has to find new revenue sources. So they are selling magazines. And books, CDs, and DVDs. As we reported, Channel One is now in the business of marketing these products to young people that visit their web site. Their “Shop” section is a bold move for this...
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Email from Ken McNatt: "This Channel One removal comes from the Russellville School District in Russellville, Arkansas.  The day, August 26th, 2003.  This is a PDF file, so I will give you the excerpt from the file:   From: http://rsdweb.k12.ar.us/pdf/Minutes/August%2026,%202003.pdf ‘IN THE MATTER OF Removal of Channel One at Russellville High School The Board...
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http://www.pleasanthill.k12.or.us/Schools/High/BillieBulletin/Issue_5_2003(October)/5_2003_5.htm   Students mixed on loss of Channel One by Stephanie Lowell – Reporter When everybody came back to school in the fall, it seemed like something was missing; and it was. Channel One, a news program that Pleasant Hill has shown directly after Guide since 1991 has been relegated to Social Studies and...
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Channel One News sells advertising on its in-school TV show and on its web site. Part of the duties of Channel One’s on-air personalities is to drive children to the web site so revenues can be further enhanced. The web site was once commercial-free (all educational sites should be), but the present management is...
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It’s not a smart thing to do, but Channel One is pressing ahead with its junk food assault on children. In September, Channel One News kicked off a heavy (virtually everyday) campaign to introduce children to a new product from Lay’s. This stackable potato chip has no trans fat, but if this is Channel...
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HOWENSTINE SCHOOL COUNCIL MINUTES 5/13/03   Moderator, Tom Patterson, called meeting to order at 4:38 p.m.   In attendance: Dawn Custis, Suzan Brown, Tom Patterson, Rex Scott, Carol Galland, Ellen D’Acquisto, Craig Drachman, Steve Goodman, Beatriz Gavino, Robin P. Plouffe, Jeff Davis, Guadalupe Felix, Maria Aguiar, Maureen Tafreshi, Kim Archer, Al Albertini   Special...
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From Jim Metrock: Most of the teachers I have talked to across the country are adamantly opposed to the entire concept of Channel One. (That is why only a minority of eligible schools have contracts with Channel One.) Most teachers understand the unethical nature of forcing sales pitches on students during public school time....
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One of the youngest anchors to be hired by Channel One is one of the best they have ever had. Joshua Toole probably connects with the captive audience of students better than the other, much older reporters. (Isn’t Seth Doane getting a little long in the tooth?) He is attending college in Los Angeles...
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Ken McNatt has launched a new web site (National Campaign Against Channel One) to help citizens remove Channel One from their schools. Ken is now a freshman in college and plans on being a teacher. We need more teachers who, like Ken, understand the integrity of the classroom. Check out his site. Ken has...
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Yesterday, California voters voted to recall Gov. Gray Davis. Channel One News tried to help Gov. Davis as much as they could. They allowed Davis to use Channel One’s studio for one of his early town hall meetings. It made national news. Channel One did not allow any other candidate to use their studio...
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From Channel One’s October 3, 2003 script: SETH: HEY EVERYBODY, I’M SETH DOANE ALONG WITH GUEST ANCHOR CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY, STAR OF THE NEW W.B. DRAMA, "ONE TREE HILL". WELCOME TO THE SHOW. CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAN. SETH: GO AHEAD, GET US...
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