BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — A Boston-based nonprofit group is asking Alabama school Superintendent Tommy Bice to suspend the use of Channel One programming in Alabama schools, reopening a debate over whether the 12-minute broadcast aimed at teens is appropriate. The group, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, asserts that the Channel One television news program —...
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From Jim Metrock: As this school year starts, there is more opposition to Channel One News than ever before. The company is paying the price for years of insensitivity to its captive audience of students. Expect more ads for profanity-filled, sexually-charged, ultra-violent, drug and alcohol drenched movies from our friends at Channel One News. These Channel One...
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