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Channel One News: The company that brought junk food advertising into American classrooms

March 1, 2014
Channel One News: The company that brought junk food advertising into American classrooms

    From Jim Metrock:  Channel One News has a long history of advertising junk food in American classrooms.  The company knew their ads were contributing in a very significant way to the growing obesity crisis among young people, but they kept pitching the junk to kids.   Obligation and others helped put pressure...
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A Channel One press release. The more your read, the less there is.

February 24, 2014
A Channel One press release. The more your read, the less there is.

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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“My chances of obtaining a legitimate news job after working at Channel One are this big.”

February 23, 2014
“My chances of obtaining a legitimate news job after working at Channel One are this big.”

From Jim Metrock: Channel One News uses classroom time to ask students to give various pictures a funny caption.  It’s a total waste of taxpayer-funded school time, but Channel One couldn’t care less.  This was a recent picture.  This is Maggie Rulli a reporter for the show.   My caption unfortunately is more serious...
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Is interest waning in Channelone.com?

February 21, 2014
Is interest waning in Channelone.com?


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Bless their hearts.

February 17, 2014
Bless their hearts.

    From Jim Metrock: I have written before about the laziness of Channel One reporters:  Dec. 18, 2003 – The Lazy News Network,  Apr. 8, 2007 – Laziest Journalist in America?,  May 5, 2008 – The Lazy News Channel . How lazy are the reporters at Channel One News? This company brags about being young...
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Channel One’s annual revenue once $70 million, may now be $10.8.

February 14, 2014
Channel One’s annual revenue once $70 million, may now be $10.8.

  From Jim Metrock: There has to be a lot of crying going on at Channel One if the figure I saw for their annual revenue is anywhere near correct. There isn’t much known about Channel One’s finances since 2007 when the company was bought by Alloy Media and Marketing. Before that year Channel...
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Andrew Knopf takes sales talents to Six Flags.

February 10, 2014
Andrew Knopf takes sales talents to Six Flags.

   From Jim Metrock:  I am trying to figure out who is still employed at Channel One.  I made a request of Channel One’s CEO CJ Kettler and she never responded. She is what you would call a “non-responsive” chief executive officer.  Channel One Director of Communications Ms. Alex Honeysett wrote me back only...
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Hey, Channel One, tell us who still works there.

February 6, 2014
Hey, Channel One, tell us who still works there.

  From Jim Metrock: I came across a website that listed these people as employees of Channel One.  It is odd because it listed relatively new employees like Alex Honeysett and CJ Kettler, but also people like Kathy Goodman who was let go  a few years ago and Kent Haehl now selling ads for...
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How Channel One helps advertisers secure personal information from your child.

February 3, 2014
How Channel One helps advertisers secure personal information from your child.

    From Jim Metrock: Somebody on the Internet wants your child’s personal information.  Channel One News and its current CEO Ms. CJ Kettler not only want your child to give up this information, they are URGING your child to do so. Ms. Kettler has approved a series of commercials for Clearasil. Clearasil wants...
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Long Timer Kent Haehl out the door at Channel One News

January 30, 2014
Long Timer Kent Haehl out the door at Channel One News

 What Mr. Haehl might say if he ever gave an interview.     From Jim Metrock: The Purge continues.Channel One’s long time sales manager, president, CEO, and most recently Chief Revenue Officer Kent Haehl is no longer employed by the company.     CCME Seattle names Kent Haehl Market President By cmarcucci on Jan, 29 2014 ...
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