From Jim Metrock: Just over a year ago, the controversial, hyper-commercialized, in-school TV show called Channel One News went out of business. Few schools were watching Channel One when they called it quits so few were sorry to see it go. Unfortunately for kids, a few Channel One employees decided they...
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From Jim Metrock: Pretty Little Liars was heavily advertised on Channel One News. Q: What type of creepy adult would promote age-inappropriate cultural rot to children? A: The creepy employees at Channel One News. Some of the Channel One employees who helped plug this filth to kids in their classrooms were: Shelby HollidayScott...
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From Jim Metrock: It’s been over six months since Channel One News taped their last show. Schools no longer have to suffer Channel One’s daily 12-minute commercial assault on students. The blaring classroom TV set no longer comes on automatically. [Channel One had rigged all their TVs to come on without human effort because...
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Editorial – November 13, 2002 UNPLUG IT End Channel One hawking to kids in Texas classrooms The State Board of Education is scheduled to vote this week on a resolution encouraging all local Texas local school districts to remove Channel One from the public schools. The resolution should be approved, and then heeded by school districts. Channel...
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From Jim Metrock: Bobbie Patray is one of my heroes. As president of the Tennessee Eagle Forum she helped secure a very important Southern Baptist Convention resolution urging schools to remove Channel One News from their classrooms. https://brnow.org/News/July-2018/In-school-newscast-s-cancelation-celebrated
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Here’s a photo of a bunch of kiddie marketers waving goodbye to their handful of fans. Their kiddie marketing company has gone out of business. Boo hoo. All of these people, whether they worked in front of the camera or behind, were involved in the commercial exploitation of schoolchildren. They earned their paycheck by...
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From Jim Metrock: Bradley Bryne sold out Alabama schoolchildren when he was a member of the Alabama State Board of Education. He is now a congressman representing South Alabama. He was one of the first persons Ms. Pat Ellis, Obligation’s education director, and I approached on the State Board to oppose Channel One in...
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From Jim Metrock: This is a piece of Channel One News sales literature. It’s sickening. Look at the face they used. It’s a young person who is completely attentive to the Channel One TV screen. He can’t go anywhere. He can’t ask for the channel to be changed. He IS the captive audience Channel One...
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From Jim Metrock: This is a flyer I printed up in 2013 and sent to school board members across the country. Channel One News advertised both these movies to middle school students, some just out of elementary school. These aren’t the worst movies Channel One News urged children to see, however, they do help...
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