From Jim Metrock: The article below is from November 15, 2005. Since that time I have been to Italy and I still like Rome, Georgia better. I recently contacted the Rome City school district and found out that Channel One News is gone from its schools. I don’t know when it was given the...
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From Jim Metrock: I’ve always liked Rome. Rome, Georgia, not Italy. (I’ve never been to Italy.) When I was in the wire business back in the 80’s, I had a lot of great customers in Rome. It’s a beautiful little town in a scenic part of northwest Georgia. So it was sad to come to Rome this...
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From Jim Metrock: Today, Channel One News had a “special” news anchor share the duties with C1N regular Errol Barnett. The guest news anchor was Rosario Dawson. She has a mission being on Channel One this morning. Channel One would tell us that that mission is to help promote tolerance, to help students overcome their prejudices. There...
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Give Vanessa Carlton a Grammy for “unmitigated gall.” The students at Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Arizona thought they won a Channel One contest and the first prize was a Vanessa Carlton concert at their school. On the surface that appears to be just what happened, but it doesn’t take much brainpower to understand that this high...
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Eight, Seven, Six, Five… Four Will Derrick Shore be the last person remaining at Channel One News? In a little over a year’s time, Channel One News has cut back from eight news anchors to four. This drastic cut is obviously due to the financial troubles that plague the company. The remaining anchors are Derrick Shore, Seth...
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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 If your preteen is forced to watch Channel One News at school, then he or she is subjected to many depressing and disturbing stories and images. Channel One is infamous for showing schoolchildren age-inappropriate content. They have shown a drug addict preparing to “shoot up.” For some reason known only to Channel One producers, they...
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Photo from www.channelone.com Money passed hands. The deal was sealed. Anne Hathaway would get an opportunity to talk directly to millions of young people while they were at their desks at school. Who is Anne Hathaway? And why would she want to appear on classroom TVs? She is an actress that has a movie coming out in April. Miramax...
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