Friday morning, September 9, 2011 – The classroom TV set automatically comes on. Nobody has to press a button on a remote. It’s sort of creepy, but that’s what Channel One TV sets do. However, what the students see on the screen is even creepier. At the start of this day’s Channel One News,...
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Channel One in free fall? In 72 days Channel One News loses 500,000 student viewers. School districts appear to have dumped Channel One in record numbers in months leading up to the start of 2011-12 school year. Stunning loss of 8.3% of its student audience. From Jim Metrock: Yesterday, September 7, a Channel...
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From Jim Metrock: Was there no one at Channel One News during the 90’s that ever paused to consider that advertising candy, potato chips, and sugary soft drinks to kids could be detrimental to them? Commercially exploiting schoolchildren is a terrible thing to do....
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From Jim Metrock: This is a snapshot of Channelone.com’s banner ad this morning. Channel One is advertising a personal injury law firm!? That doesn’t seem to make sense, but it does once you understand the reality of Channel One’s desperate situation with advertisers. The Norris Injury Lawyers ad appears because Channel One News had...
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From Jim Metrock: Few teachers feel comfortable speaking out against Channel One. If the TV show is playing in a school, that means Channel One and its classroom movie commercials and other nonsense has the approval of the principal, superintendent, and school board. Who wants to stand in opposition to them? It usually takes...
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From: Jim Metrock Channel One News is now putting out want ads to find a new “reporter” for their show. With the departure of Steven Fabian they are down to three: Jessica Kumari, Shelby Holliday, and Justin Finch. At one time Channel One News was a stepping stone to employment with a legitimate news...
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