From Jim Metrock: Bill Nye appeared on Channel One News yesterday. He was there to promote science to young viewers. And he was there to promote his brand. Mr. Nye has been a very successful self-promoter for decades. Having absolutely no training as a scientist, he has been phenomenally successful in creating the misleading...
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VIDEO: Helen Knight Elementary School promo video for Channel One March 7 2018 From Jim Metrock: Each of these students should have been paid between $170 and $250 f0r their performance in a scripted commercial for Channel One. Did Grand County school officials get informed, written consent from all parents before plastering their child’s...
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VIDEO: Channel One and Demopolis Middle Feb 20 2018 From Jim Metrock: This morning, Channel One News featured a video of students from Demopolis Middle School, Demopolis, AL. And just the other day I was bragging that Alabama schools have done so well ridding their classrooms of Channel One’s marketing scam. A school...
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Video: Channel One News Somerset Area JH Feb 14 2018
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From Jim Metrock: Ugh. This is another new low for the kiddie marketers at Channel One. Today’s Channel One TV show opened with 3rd-graders! reciting the “Channel One News starts right now” script. These are 8-year-old children. What was this teacher thinking? What was the principal thinking? (If the principal even knew what was...
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From Jim Metrock: It seems there are more than a few schools that love to film videos for the controversial, kiddie marketing firm Channel One. Here’s one from Derby, Kansas. From Channel One’s transcript for Feb. 2, 2018: Students: This is Mr. Loop’s fourth-hour social studies class at Derby Middle School in Derby,...
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From Jim Metrock: Here’s another school allowing its students to film a commercial (the students and teacher don’t know its a commercial, but it is) for the struggling youth marketing firm called Channel One News. Most schools have better things to do with their precious school time. Let’s hope the Waynefield-Goshen Local School district...
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From Jim Metrock: If you find it hard to believe a kiddie marketing company like Channel One is still in business, this 2006 video from the Media Education Foundation may help you understand why American classrooms attract the likes of Houghton Mifflin’s Channel One.
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From Jim Metrock: I’ve seen students film themselves doing a lot of silly things just for a chance to be seen on Channel One News. You see, Channel One is constantly asking students and teachers to send in classroom videos that can be used to kick off their daily show. Channel One requires students...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One News is pushing the envelope again. Today they shocked classrooms across the country with a story on young people eating laundry detergent pods. Teachers were given no warning about the nature of today’s show. They were not warned that Channel One, for some idiotic reason, decided to show students...
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