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Guess what movie Channel One advertised all last week in public schools?

November 19, 2011
Guess what movie Channel One advertised all last week in public schools?

The amount of school time and tax money lost promoting this movie is a tragedy. Channel One has removed all commercials shown on the classroom TV show Channel One News from its web rebroadcast. This prevents parents from seeing what is being advertised to their students. So the Twilight commercials that ran in middle...
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Why Channel One News is desperate to get into elementary schools.

November 17, 2011
Why Channel One News is desperate to get into elementary schools.

 Click for video. Originally posted August 21, 2010. The video is still factually correct except the number of schools under contract to Channel One and the number of students in Channel One’s audience are significantly less now.  https://obligation.org/2011-09-08-shock-channel-one-news-loses-500000-students-within-three-months Because Channel One has been thrown out of so many secondary schools over the past eight...
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The US Army may be overspending on Channel One News ads.

November 16, 2011
The US Army may be overspending on Channel One News ads.

Many secondary schools under contract to show Channel One News to their students don’t honor the contract.   For years Obligation has documented numerous ways schools violate the viewing terms of Channel One’s contract. [ex. MS, AL and TX, GA and TX, FL, NE, WY, IA and the notorious Pizitz Letters – Channel One admits their viewing...
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Controversial Channel One comes to Ashland Elementary School

November 14, 2011
Controversial Channel One comes to Ashland Elementary School

 Did school administrators seek input from parents?     From Jim Metrock: So, this fall Ashland Elementary School (Dumfries, VA) has agreed to make its 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders part of an experiment with the Channel One youth marketing firm. [A short video about Channel One. A brochure: 10 reasons to be glad you...
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Channel One News and Promethean bring punching Hulk Hogan into classrooms…

November 8, 2011
Channel One News and Promethean bring punching Hulk Hogan into classrooms…

to sell a new violent video game. From Jim Metrock: Oh the humanity. Oh the stupidity. Schoolchildren who are unfortunately in schools that have Channel One News began their school day yesterday, November 7, watching Hulk Hogan scream at them. “Here you go maniacs. Hulk Hogan here. The greatest of all time! I want...
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New Feature: Question and answers about Channel One News

November 7, 2011
New Feature: Question and answers about Channel One News

            Q: Why is Channel One advertising The Vampire Diaries to teens and preteens?     A:  Channel One News is constantly promoting The Vampire Diaries because the Vampire books and the TV show on the CW Network were created by Channel One’s parent company Alloy Media and Marketing....
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Powdersville Middle School up for Wastin’ Time and Tax Dollars Award

November 5, 2011
Powdersville Middle School up for Wastin’ Time and Tax Dollars Award

The Wastin’ Time and Tax Dollars Award has a new nominee. Powdersville Middle School in Greenville, SC joins three other nominees so far:  Lardner Middle School, Niles, MI Avon Middle School North, Avon, IN Clark Middle School, Laredo, TX  Powdersville Middle School principal is Todd Binnicker.        
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A few of the remaining employees at Channel One News.

November 2, 2011
A few of the remaining employees at Channel One News.


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Karen Knapstein, Shakespeare, and Sony Pictures

November 1, 2011
Karen Knapstein, Shakespeare, and Sony Pictures

From Jim Metrock: This video from Channel One’s web site is fascinating. I learned much about William Shakespeare. Last year I read Bill Bryson’s Shakespeare: The World as Stage and loved it as I do all Bryson’s books, but I am surprised that many of the facts in this video were left out of...
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Here’s an idiotic use of school time.

October 30, 2011
Here’s an idiotic use of school time.

  DreamWorks Studios promotes their new movie Puss in Boots during the first ten seconds of the October 27th Channel One News show.    
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