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Tom Hanson
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News About Channel One – 2001 January – May Kick Hollywood Out of Your School – Kick Channel One Out – Enough is Enough The Mandatory Hollywood Curriculum: Channel One "Hollywood has a secret marketing tool. They call it Channel One News. If a school still has Channel One, that school is giving movie...
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From Jim Metrock: Regrettably, Primedia has not removed their pornography from their Internet company, About.com. Primedia, parent company to Channel One, merged with About.com at the end of February. Since then Channel One has run many commercials for About.com on their in-school TV show and run banner ads for About.com on channelone.com. I have...
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From Jim Metrock: I just sent a six page letter to U.S. Senators and Representatives. In this letter, I use graphic language to describe the sleazy and pro-drug entertainment that Channel One has advertised this school year. By clicking on the link you can read the letter, but I warn you about the content....
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May 24, 2001 Dear Representative: This is a dirty letter. I do not apologize. The person who should apologize is Jack Abramoff of Greenberg and Traurig, the Washington lobbyist for the controversial in-school marketing company called Channel One. I am just telling you what his client is doing to our children. Channel One is...
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Here is an article from the Woodward News documenting how a school board can be mislead into giving away ONE HOUR a week of their student’s school time. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1782517&BRD=1843&PAG=461&dept_id=220390&rfi=6 Notice how the technology director, Kyle Reynolds, explains Channel One to the board. One can hardly recognize Channel One from the gushing comments of Mr....
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Obligation has just reviewed three shows from 1998 that a third party had and that party wanted us to have. They are from the very beginning of the ’98-’99 school year, August 1998. Two commercials urged children to see two of the more sexually provocative sitcoms on at the time: ABC’s “Spin City” and...
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In a column in today’s Washington Post, and other major newspapers, George Will talks about the advertising assault on schoolchildren. Marketing efforts like Channel One sends wrong value messages to children. He said we don’t need our children to be taught how to be more materialistic at school. Jim Metrock said, “The only conservatives...
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The Channel One Diet
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The Channel One Diet If there is one of the current Channel One anchors that has a future in legitimate TV it is Maria Menounos. She is very comfortable in front of a camera. She recently did a two-part story on diabetes. She tells her audience that she really...
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On April 5, Channel One ran a commercial for Josie and the Pussycats. This movie has a lot of “fun” with the word “p***y.” Sexual dialogue and profanity is routine in this movie as it is in virtually all Channel One advertised films. Families don’t stand a chance against Hollywood’s best friend Channel One, On April 11, Channel...
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(Instant Win banner ad at Channel One web site) Teachers have a chance to win $7,800 from Channel One. The “winners” have to agree to participate in Channel One’s advertising and promotion. The “winners” should be kicked out of the teaching profession. April 11, 2001 – Teachers Grabbing For Channel One Cash, Ethics Problems Galore The marketing...
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PRIMEDIA/About.com’s Teen Advice Site Tells Teens If They Are Ready For Sex – Channel One Heavily Advertising About.com to Schoolchildren Channel One is slowly integrating itself with its recently acquired sister company, About.com. Channel One’s parent company, PRIMEDIA, Inc., completed their merger with About.com in early March. Channel One is to advertise and pitch...
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from Channel One Evidently somebody or several people at Channel One believe deeply in astrology and they want to share this with your child. Channel One has previously promoted astrology on their web site and now they have what they call their "Astro Love Match." A child picks their sign and the sign of...
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The Coca-Cola Company last week announced changes in their marketing practices in schools. Their press release can be read at this link: http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/news/index.html Coke makes it clear that there should be no advertising in classrooms. "“The classroom is a clean zone – and we’ve always been committed to promoting a learning environment that does...
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March 14, 2001 (Birmingham, AL) Obligation, Inc., a Birmingham, AL-based child advocacy organization, called on the controversial in-school marketing company, Channel One, to stop airing any commercials for soft drinks to its captive audience of schoolchildren (ages 11-18). According to Channel One, over 8 million schoolchildren, between the ages of 11-18, are under contract...
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f MonkeyBone has just finished jumping down the front of this woman’s dress and exploring the woman’s body under her clothes. He tells her, "I left my phone number on your underwear." This is a sample of the sleaze that oozes from this sex comedy that Channel One promoted to children as young as...
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Another Filthy Movie Advertised on Channel One Protest Letter to Paul Folkemer and Noreen Clarke of Channel One Channel One Urges Kids to See Vulgar "MonkeyBone" Movie Warning: This letter contains graphic language describing content in this "Channel One-approved" Dirty Movie This scene was shown in classrooms. Parents have no idea what utter sleaze...
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Warning: This news release contains graphic language. NEWS RELEASE – March 9, 2001 Contact: Jim Metrock, President Obligation, Inc. 205-612-3376 PRIMEDIA Jumps Into Hardcore Pornography Birmingham, AL – An Alabama child advocacy and media watchdog organization has urged PRIMEDIA’s Chairman Tom Rogers to get his company out of the pornography...
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We at ChannelOne.com care about your safety and privacy. That’s why we’ve set up this area of our site to tell you about our privacy policy. We’ll tell you what personally identifiable information of yours is collected; how the information is used; with whom the information may be shared; what choices are available to...
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Credit Card Company Teams With Channel One to Hook Children on “CarryingPlastic” Channel One is pushing the American Expresses Cobaltcard hard. Channel One wants to have millions of children sign up for the equivalent of a credit card. Obligation successfully exposed the ZapMe! Corporation’s efforts to promote this very card to students. HEIGHT=”135″ ALIGN=”BOTTOM”...
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On January 22, Channel One did its first story on the Inauguration of President Bush. Then, after the commercial break, a Channel One “reporter” named Derrick Shore does an extended story about a “Channel One high school” from Illinois (Marion Catholic HS, Chicago Heights, IL) that is marching in the Inaugural parade. This is a silly report...
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Universal’s Dirty Movie “Head Over Heels Is Advertised To Children Warning: This is possibly the dirtiest movie Channel One has ever crammed down the throats of students. We are going to tell the public what is in this movie. It is unfortunate that the Channel One Network and PRIMEDIA, its parent, are making it necessary that...
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