From Jim Metrock: Channel One News wants American school kids to equate Colin Kaepernick with the civil rights icon Rosa Parks. The producer at Channel One wrote this script with a clear bias in favor of the unemployed, National Anthem-protesting athlete. Channel One chose to include a line that unnamed “fans” compared the millionaire...
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Students at North Vermilion Middle School in Maurice, LA take a break from studies and film a shout out to Channel One News. Do not confuse this school with North Vermilion Community School in Cayuga, IN which would never waste school time in this way. From Channel One News transcript November 15, 2017:...
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From Jim Metrock: I’ve never met Jack Lynch the current CEO of Houghton Mifflin and overseer of Channel One. He looks like a nice guy, but I suspect that when it comes to making money off of children, he can be one ruthless, son-of-a-gun. Look at the language Lynch and his executives have...
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Note to Channel One News: Some parents will not like your company exposing their child to disturbing images of terrorism. From Jim Metrock: Houghton Mifflin’s bad boy subsidiary Channel One has a history of showing inappropriate, often horrific, images to unsuspecting schoolchildren, some just out of elementary school. Here is a small sampling of...
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From Jim Metrock: Our good friend at the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) have been a great ally in the very successful battle to end Channel One’s commercial exploitation of public school children. Although this CCFC letter was directed to a school district in Ohio, it can be of help to any school...
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From Jim Metrock: Today, Channel One News took over 2 minutes of their in-classroom TV show to promote a horror, fantasy TV show called “Shadowhunters.” As you watch the clip think about all the taxpayer money that paid for every second of this promotion. Taxpayers pay for every second of public school time. Doesn’t...
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From Jim Metrock: To understand the reality of Houghton Mifflin’s controversial Channel One News in 2017, it is important to know… Channel One has lost roughly half of the schools they had in the 1990s. With a much smaller audience, Channel One’s advertising revenue is significantly lower. Because they have less money, Channel One...
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From Jim Metrock: Houghton Mifflin has a history of making bad decisions. The company has gone through several financial restructurings in recent years. The company’s last restructuring was indeed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2012. Houghton Mifflin used the bankruptcy laws to walk away from a cool $3.1 billion in debt. Any company that...
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