SBOE Spares Channel One BY MICHAEL MAY November 22, 2002: On Nov. 15, the State Board of Education considered and rejected a non-binding resolution recommending that local schools stop showing Channel One, a daily news program with commercials broadcast in 1,200 Texas high schools. At the meeting, Channel One was defended by Jim Ritts, the well-coiffed CEO of Primedia, which produces...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One’s president Jim Ritts came to the Texas school board meeting himself. It was that important. A resolution urging Texas school districts to remove Channel One had been introduced in September. Channel One hastily hired the law firm of Akin Gump to represent them. But Ritts knew the stakes were too high to leave...
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From Jim Metrock: The Texas State Board of Education is considering passing a resolution that would urge local school boards to remove Channel One from their schools. Testimony was heard on September 13 but a Channel One-hired lobbyist told the Board that they had insufficient time to prepare a defense. The Board voted to table the vote until...
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