https://obligation.org/2014-03-26-channel-one-news-tells-children-civilization-may-end-in-your-lifetime https://obligation.org/2014-03-31-channel-one-news-makes-correction From Jim Metrock: A teacher wrote me and raised a good point about Channel One’s correction of a botched up news story. Channel One’s original report said a NASA study predicted civilization’s end could happen within 15-20 years. Channel One was right to think this was a big story because of the...
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From Jim Metrock: Why would Channel One News tell students that civilization may be coming to an end during their lifetime? Only Ms. CJ Ketter could answer that. I have written Ms. Kettler asking her to at least correct the Channel One story as reported on March...
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From Jim Metrock: How could I have forgotten the unforgettable Jim Steyer. Of all the people I have crossed paths with in the battle against commercialism in classrooms, I rank Jim Steyer near the bottom. There is good reason to do so. The other day I wrote an article about the “education” panel session...
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From Jim Metrock: I contacted two people at the Starkville School District in Starkville, MS and found they are no longer honoring the viewing requirements of Channel One’s contract. I hope my letter to the editor in 2012 had some part to play in this. Voice of the people June 18, 2012 Channel One ...
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See the March 20 article I Made a Mistake for a correction to this March 17 article. From Jim Metrock: It is good to see Channel One’s CEO getting out and about. The public doesn’t see Ms. CJ Kettler much, and you don’t see much of her even in this Channel One picture. I’m having...
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From Jim Metrock: Above is a press release from Channel One. No company is better at making a little thing sound like a big thing. Below I have copied the press release word for word. To make it more readable I broke the content up as if it was going to be read on...
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From Jim Metrock: We can assume few Sharyland Rattlers are watching Channel One or its commercials. It has to be irritate the marketing executives at Channel One to know schools are showing their TV show before school and then on top of that to be allotting 10 minutes for the 12-minute program. What’s...
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From Jim Metrock: Webster County High School is in the small town (pop. 650) of Dixon, Kentucky. The current bell schedule shows 8 minutes devoted to showing the 12-minute Channel One News program to students. This school, along with many others that still technically are showing Channel One, has little...
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