Universal’s Dirty Movie “Head Over Heels Is Advertised To Children Warning: This is possibly the dirtiest movie Channel One has ever crammed down the throats of students. We are going to tell the public what is in this movie. It is unfortunate that the Channel One Network and PRIMEDIA, its parent, are making it necessary that...
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New Year, New Level Of Sleaze Advertised On Channel One
Eat More Twinkies, Kids.
On January 26, 2001, upwards to 8 million schoolchildren were compelled to watch a commercial urging them to eat more Hostess Twinkies. Channel One has been bringing Hostess into America’s classrooms since the spring of 2000. Jim Metrock said, “When you think about it, Channel One is a mean company. The are mean with their smash-mouth...
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Privacy And Channel One
Channel One has had a sad and disturbing history of violating the privacy of children. To the credit of those in charge of Channel One currently, great strides have been made in improving this situation. Just a few years ago, Channel One was urging children to send in their pictures so they could be...
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Drugs, Sex, and Channel One News
January 14, 2001 – Drugs, Sex, and Channel One News Drugs, Sex and Channel One News Check out the latest outrage from Channel One. A “funny” movie about two “pot-heads” who get so “stoned” that they don’t know what girl they had sex with, what strip bar they went to, what they did with a transvestite the...
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Scantily Clad Actress Parades For Preteens and High Schoolers in Channel One Commercial
Channel One executives just can’t pass up the money that movie studios wave beneath their noses. On October 6, Channel One ran a commercial in middle schools around the country for a PG13 movie called “Pay It Forward.” To get the kids’ attention a partially-clothed Helen Hunt is prominently shown in the classroom commercial. Children see Helen...
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“This is a big company preying on my children.”
BusinessWeek (dated September 11) hit the newsstands today and the cover story is “Too Much Corporate Power?” Channel One is prominently mentioned and Diane Gramley of Franklin, PA is shown with two of her children standing in front of Rocky Grove High School. This courageous woman has not only taken on her school board but the huge corporate power...
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Channel One Advertises Unbelievably Sleazy Movie To Children
Jim Metrock said, “Channel One continues to think that children can handle movies filled with strong sexual content and profanity. Our friends at Channel One are promoting the movie “Loser” to its children audience. Channel One’s official web site, channelone.com, is running a contest so children can win tickets to this yet to be rated movie. The stars of this...
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Folkemer-Approved Movies
Update: Good News and Bad News – The good news for Channel One is that the MPAA finally agreed to give the Channel One promoted movie called “Loser” a PG13 rating. The bad news for kids is that it is a “hard PG13.” It barely escaped a “R” rating. This movie, from all accounts, will be offensive combination of...
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Channel One Wants Personal Information From Children
Channel One wants to know about your child. Obligation has stopped them before but now they are back pushing the envelope. To get information from children the common practice among marketing firms like Channel One is to stage a contest. Dangle something children want in front of them and then tell them that you have to supply personal information in...
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West Palm Beach School Shooting
May 26, 2000 To: Paul Folkemer, Jim Ritts, Jeff Ballabon, Tom Rogers, and Roger Wolfson Today there is yet another incident of violence in our public schools (West Palm Beach). I have called on you before to end the promotion of violent entertainment to America’s schoolchildren and I have heard absolutely nothing. Do you think marketing violence is a...
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