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Why are Gossip Girl crossword puzzles on Channel One’s website?

June 21, 2010
Why are Gossip Girl crossword puzzles on Channel One’s website?

Because Alloy Media and Marketing created the smutty Gossip Girl books and TV show and they also own Channel One News.  They purchased Channel One News in 2007 so they could advertise their offensive books and TV shows to a captive audience of schoolchildren.
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Bristol, VA Schools Dump Channel One News

June 19, 2010
Bristol, VA Schools Dump Channel One News

“Schools also will claim the 10 minutes devoted each day to Channel One, a student-produced information program.” http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/bristol_virginia_school_board_adds_minutes_to_school_day/42334/ It’s all about time.  In 2010, there are few schools in the situation where they can waste one hour a week watching a controversial, commercial TV show.
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Why advertise this controversial program to middle school students?

May 28, 2010


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Channel One News Allows Director To Plug Iron Man 2

May 7, 2010
Channel One News Allows Director To Plug Iron Man 2

Jon Favreau loves pitching his new movie to a captive audience of schoolchildren.
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Channel One Sleeps On Times Square Story

May 2, 2010
Channel One Sleeps On Times Square Story

It’s noon EDT and Channel One’s official “youth news” web site has no mention of the Times Square car bomb story.  This event happened just blocks away from Channel One’s studio. Nobody is at home at Channel One News on the weekends.  This makes a mockery of their claim to be the premiere source...
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10-K Spells Out Ugliness Of Channel One

April 12, 2010
10-K Spells Out Ugliness Of Channel One

From Alloy’s annual 10-K report published April 12, 2010: We believe our business should continue to grow as we strive to capitalize on the following key assets: � Broad Access. We are able to reach a significant portion of targeted consumers by: (i) producing a wide range of college guides, books and recruitment publications;...
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What A Waste

April 4, 2010

This video is from the December 1, 2009 Channel One News program. Channel One News is suppose to be about news, current events. That was the promise made to schools. Channel One however can’t afford to report much news. Instead they fill their “news” program with “filler” stories like this one. Nothing in this...
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Looking back: A Channel One commercial for Twinkies.

April 4, 2010

This commercial is from a January 2001 Channel One News program.  Although currently Channel One does not air junk food commercials, there is always the fear that these kiddie marketers may bring them back to American classrooms.  That would seem to be impossible with the present concern about youth obesity, but Channel One executives...
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Knight Foundation’s Mall Curfew Ad

February 17, 2010
Knight Foundation’s Mall Curfew Ad


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Students Ridicule Channel One

January 22, 2010
Students Ridicule Channel One

This is a YouTube video that ridicules Channel One News.  These are high school students and it is a real tragedy for high school students to be wasting time watching Channel One and its commercials.  These students evidently must be required to watch the show quite a bit to know all the on-air personalities.
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