From Jim Metrock: Lissa Moses Johnson appeared on Channel One News today to urge school teachers and administrators to purchase a subscription to something called Channel One News Curriculum. This is a new way for Channel One News to obtain much needed revenue. Ms. Johnson was an “education content producer” at Channel One. I say “was”...
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From Jim Metrock: It’s the time of year when Channel One’s on-air personalities make their decisions to either stay or leave Channel One News. Based on my viewing of the show, I submit my predictions. % chance of staying at Channel One News for next school year Scott Evans 85% chance he...
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Reporter Shelby Holliday shills for military. From Jim Metrock: On April 17, Channel One News devoted nearly one third of its program (30%) to a “news story” about the U.S. Army. Students may have watched this news story or they may have ignored it. One thing I am fairly certain of is that few...
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First a junk food commercial. Then a message about healthier eating. From Jim Metrock: What was Channel One News CEO Ms. CJ Kettler thinking. She had to have known about the...
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From Jim Metrock: Jason Kuang has left Channel One News. Mr. Kuang was part of the Channel One “News Team” until his departure in February. He was listed as a production associate but occasionally appeared on screen. Any chance of advancing to an anchor position was squashed when others with less seniority...
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Channel One News paying people to write positive articles about their company. From Jim Metrock: The stink was overpowering the moment I landed on Andrew Kardon’s Mommysbusy.com “family oriented” site. The article I first saw was a Kardon homage to Channel One News. What?! His praise seemed unauthentic, awkward, and forced. The man...
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From Jim Metrock: It was never meant to be: Channel One News and Promethean, Ltd. These two troubled companies became partners in the summer of 2011. The partnership didn’t make any sense for Promethean the maker of classroom whiteboards. It did make sense for Channel One. Teaming with a well known company like...
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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: 1. On March 18, Channel One News told schoolchildren: Next up, a new study by NASA finds that civilization could be headed for a collapse in our lifetime. The study by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center looked at other empires and civilizations in history and found a pattern to...
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