The states of Texas and Alabama have gone on record asking Channel One News to refrain from advertising foods of minimal nutritional value (FMNV). The Texas Public School Nutrition Policy lists chewing gum as a FMNV. Yet Channel One News continues to not only run ads for chewing gum and bubble gum, but they are using their unique...
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Imagine you could have eavesdropped on a conversation in the office of Channel One’s president Judy Harris a few weeks ago. The new sales VP takes a seat. [We don’t know who the new VP is since Kent Haehl, the longtime person at that spot resigned or was fired this summer. We will call the new person...
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Subway has a delicious deal with Channel One News. Subway will buy regular ad time on the show and Channel One will mix Subway promotions into the “news” part of the program. Channel One is not suppose to do that. They are not to have sponsored segments of their show, but they have been fudging on their contract...
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PRIMEDIA is Channel One’s parent company. They have contacted Obligation in November, 2005 and said that no money has ever been paid to Channel One for a guest anchor’s appearance. Obligation believes that what Channel One News is doing is wrong. It is unethical and violates journalism standards. We believe there is a quid pro quo for Channel One...
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This is the first paragraphs of Channel One’s promotion of Missy Elliott and her new UPN TV show. Don’t be fooled by the “make an anti-violence spot” language. This is the “cover” Channel One uses to give their ad campaigns some respectability. Missy Elliott is a singer who revels in violence, raunchy sex and drugs and more drugs. Channel One’s...
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On September 8, students saw a report on the rescue of an American hostage in Iraq. Channel One News could have told this story without video or even pictures. An anchor could have just looked in the camera and read the teleprompter just like they often do on other news stories. They had plenty of footage to choose...
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Here are several frames from a controversial new commercial running on Channel One News. (This was shown to high school students, middle school students as well as some fifth graders.) Channel One’s little horror film starts with a young couple in a parked car. Everything is very romantic until… The woman hears “something” outside the car. She turns...
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On Friday, September 9, Channel One advertised two junk food products. Hubba Bubba Max bubble gum and Gatorade. Hubba Bubba is one of Wrigley’s sugary products. The commercial today was a new one featuring a polar bear who stuffs his face with Hubba Bubba bubble gum. The ad is a satire on the R-rated movie Fargo. Commercial content...
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Students who wear glasses must dread being forced to watch Channel One. Earlier this year we reported on an insensitive commercial for Acuvue contact lens. This month Channel One has approved another hard-hitting Acuvue ad aimed at teens and preteens. In this ad a male student is a relay runner on the school track team. He likes being...
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Basketball star LeBron James shows Channel One News students how to blow a Bubblicious bubble. Children saw numerous Bubblicious bubble gum commercials on C1N this spring. More are coming. Bubble gum is a fitting product for Channel One News to advertise. The company can’t give up its deep ties to junk food. Obligation expects bubble gum...
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