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As advertised in classrooms on Channel One News: Cinn-a-burst gum (1996)

April 13, 2012
As advertised in classrooms on Channel One News: Cinn-a-burst gum (1996)

 
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As advertised on Channel One News: Marines (2002)

April 9, 2012
As advertised on Channel One News: Marines (2002)


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Another “reporter” gone?

April 6, 2012
Another “reporter” gone?

  From Jim Metrock: Tis’ the season for Channel One employees to be finding new jobs. For those who work at Channel One News, nothing is as scary as the summer. It’s in the summer, when most schools are out and Channel One News stops producing their TV show. Summer has not been good...
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Sell, sell, sell: The homepage for Channel One News

March 27, 2012
Sell, sell, sell: The homepage for Channel One News


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Warning: Explicit content Channel One’s idea of good advice for girls.

March 9, 2012
Warning: Explicit content  Channel One’s idea of good advice for girls.

From Jim Metrock: gURL.com is an extremely controversial website that contains explicit sexual content aimed at girls. This site’s target audience is not young women, but, as it’s name implies, girls – teen girls, tween girls, and preteen girls. gURL is owned by Alloy Media and Marketing as is Channel One News. Channel One...
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Channel One’s “journalists” on parade

March 8, 2012
Channel One’s “journalists” on parade

On February 15, 2012 Channel One News used their crack team of “journalists” to show off school tee shirts. This one 30-second bit of nonsense cost students and taxpayers dearly. Channel One says they have “nearly 5.5 million” students. (They once claimed a captive audience of 8.1 million.) If half of their claimed audience...
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A principal who thought he worked for Channel One instead of his students. (1990)

March 1, 2012
A principal who thought he worked for Channel One instead of his students. (1990)

   From Jim Metrock: This is a short clip from the video Schools for Sale. I have always been fascinated with this video from Fargo, ND since 1997 when I first saw it.  The principal Ed Raymond was very willing to suspend students for THREE DAYS if they did not go to the classroom...
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A classic video: Schools for Sale (1995)

February 27, 2012
A classic video: Schools for Sale (1995)

  In 1995 the Walt Whitman Center in association with Pacific Street Films produced this video to help parents and educators remove Channel One News from their schools. They hired the comedian Lewis Black to play the role of Jerry Adman. The film has been broken into two parts. Part ONE  of Schools for...
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OMG! Channel One News is selling kids Blackberry cell phones.

February 20, 2012
OMG! Channel One News is selling kids Blackberry cell phones.


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School boards, make a vow to remove Channel One from your schools.

February 10, 2012
School boards, make a vow to remove Channel One from your schools.

From Jim Metrock: Below is the front page of the “news” site called Channelone.com. This is what Channel One executives do when a movie studio waves some cash under their noses.  They go crazy. The movie studio wanted Channel One News to get children into the theater for this PG-13 movie, so Channel One...
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