Channel One News is actively plugging The Carrie Diaries before its January 14 premiere on the CW Network. Channel One News is enticing teens and children to watch the Sex in the City prequel by offering them a chance to win a two day trip to New York City and a $1,50o0 gift...
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Just some of the junk food products Channel One News saw fit to advertise on their classroom TV show: McDonalds / Dec. 22, 2003 Jolly Rancher, Gatorade/ Sep. 19, 2003 Jolly Rancher hard candy / Mar. 24, 2003 Pepsi with Shakira / Mar. 24, 2003 How Channel One News helped create the...
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Official movie poster for The Possession. From Jim Metrock: I saw this Channel One News-promoted horror movie in September and wrote the two men that I believe are ultimately responsible for advertising it to young people not only on the Channelone.com website, but in American high school and middle school classrooms. I now...
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Channel One News often allows movie stars to be “guest hosts” to welcome students to the broadcast and plug their movie.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — A Boston-based nonprofit group is asking Alabama school Superintendent Tommy Bice to suspend the use of Channel One programming in Alabama schools, reopening a debate over whether the 12-minute broadcast aimed at teens is appropriate. The group, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, asserts that the Channel One television news program —...
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From Jim Metrock: About.com had a large “adult” pornographic section when Channel One’s parent company (at the time) Primedia bought the website in late 2000. Because of an Obligation press release the New York Post wrote about Primedia and their plan to own About.com and their porn content. I knew that Channel One News would be pitching...
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Channel One treats principals like stooges. Expects school administrators to do their bidding. From Jim Metrock: There is no school vendor that acts like Channel One. Can you imagine a building contractor in competition for a major school construction job, contacting principals asking them to lobby the school board in the company’s favor?...
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Channel One Wins Five!! Telly Awards From Jim Metrock: When Channel One News does something right, I have to congratulate them. Boy, did they knock it out of the park by winning five Telly Awards this week. Way to go, Kent. Magnificent, Angela. Congrats, Paul. You might not have heard of the Telly Awards (“honoring...
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From Jim Metrock: Want to see what children will see on Channel One’s sister company’s site? No, you don’t, but we’ll show you anyhow. This type of content is found all over gURL.com. Obligation has pleaded with Dr. Paul Folkemer (Channel One’s “child advocate” and SVP) and Kent Haehl (Channel One’s CEO) to...
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What advice does gURL.com give to children? Click here but be warned. This is explicit material created by Alloy Media and Marketing. Alloy owns gURL.com and Channel One News. Both controversial companies cross promote each other. Parents and teachers should be outraged. Another reason why schools continue dropping Channel One from their school day....
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