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If You Believe Channel One News…

February 9, 2004
If You Believe Channel One News…

From Jim Metrock: I have asked Jim Ritts, Channel One’s CEO to discontinue their offensive and possibly dangerous message boards at channelone.com. After one day – no response. Today, the AP carried this story: In Poll, Most Oppose Gay Marriage WILL LESTER Posted on Mon, Feb. 09, 2004 Associated Press WASHINGTON – A majority of Americans...
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Channel One’s Gay Agenda

February 5, 2004
Channel One’s Gay Agenda

NOTE FROM APRIL 21, 2011: This outrageous story for middle school students didn’t make any sense at the time.  We only found out later when Derrick Shore left Channel One the information that Channel One knew all along: that Derrick Shore was a gay rights activist. I have since talked with former Channel One...
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How Many Seconds?

February 3, 2004

This is from the Channel One News script from yesterday. Look at your watch and speak out loud the lines below. It will take X number of seconds. Multiple those seconds by 4,000,000 (our estimate of Channel One’s audience). Figure out the number of minutes and hours and your jaw will drop. Just imagine if 8 million students lost...
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Vulgar Message Boards For Kids

February 3, 2004

From Jim Metrock: This is a sample of the sleazy message board Channel One News uses to lure kids to their web site. Channel One got in very bad trouble doing this to kids in 1998. They lost a large amount of Alabama schools that year because of the raunchy content they were delivering to children. Now it is...
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A Difference You Can Hear

January 31, 2004

Classrooms with Channel One News heard portions of these songs Classrooms Without Channel One heard this… Friday, January 23, 2004 ” The Headphonist” — Kinky “Harder To Breathe” — Maroon 5 “Spirit In The Sky” — Norman Greenbaum ” Everything” — Fefe Dobson “The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows” — Brand New “Amazing”...
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Monday’s Guest NEWS Anchor

January 27, 2004
Monday’s Guest NEWS Anchor

Bjorn “Hey, I’m a news anchor!” Leines. The beginning of Monday’s Channel One News: MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2004 January 27, 2004 JOSHUA: THE BEST ACTION SPORTS ATHLETES IN THE WORLD HAVE DESCENDED ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS FOR THE WINTER X GAMES, AND WE’RE HERE TO SEE IT ALL UP CLOSE. HEY EVERYBODY....
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More Garbage TV

January 23, 2004
More Garbage TV

  Run of the House (WB Network) Parents Television Council says, “Run of the House is not recommended for children of any age.”   What Channel One executives might say if they were asked: Yeah, we advertised it to kids. Big deal. If we can advertise a drug movie to children, don’t you think we can...
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Five Examples of How Channel One News Cheats

January 17, 2004
Five Examples of How Channel One News Cheats

Below are five pictures. Each is an actual frame from the in-school TV show called Channel One News. Example #1 Stealing time from taxpayers. After the Channel One News show appears to end, the screen goes black, but then the students see this graphic. The purpose of airing the name of a school is to get teachers to...
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Pizitz Middle School Revisited

January 14, 2004

From Jim Metrock:  Those that have followed our efforts to raise awareness about Channel One News know about Pizitz Middle School in Birmingham, Alabama. I think citizens in all states can learn much from how this school has reacted to the call of citizens to remove Channel One. Pizitz’s principal David Miles has always had a close and...
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Channel One News Advertises Ultra Violent WB Show

January 7, 2004
Channel One News Advertises Ultra Violent WB Show

  (A picture from the Channel One-advertised, gross-out show “Angel.”) Children get an unhealthy dose of the occult, violence, bizarre sex and general depravity on the WB’s “Angel.” Why did Channel One News allow this show to be advertised to children? Ask the man yourself: Jim Ritt’s email is [email protected]. He is responsible for this and all...
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