Lawrence County (AL) Board of Education Code of Conduct for school employees. It may be because Channel One doesn’t have any educators on its staff. It may be because they never replaced Paul Folkermer as their one-time “Education VP.” (That was more window dressing than anything.) Or it may be because Channel One has never respected teachers. Anyway,...
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On Friday, September 9, Channel One advertised two junk food products. Hubba Bubba Max bubble gum and Gatorade. Hubba Bubba is one of Wrigley’s sugary products. The commercial today was a new one featuring a polar bear who stuffs his face with Hubba Bubba bubble gum. The ad is a satire on the R-rated movie Fargo. Commercial content...
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Judy Harris, the new Channel One CEO, is quickly establishing herself as a hard-nosed marketer, just like her predecessor Jim “Sugar Daddy” Ritts. When the Wall Street Journal ran a story several weeks ago about a new intense brand of Gatorade being introduced, Obligation wrote Channel One News and asked them to not advertised the new “Endurance Formula” Gatorade...
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We have reported about Channel One’s unethical use of school time to advertise the movie “Finding Gracie.” Channel One violated its own “news standards” by merging advertising into the news portion of the show. “Finding Gracie” is not a typical movie. It is a gimmick by another one of Channel One’s advertisers – Gatorade. Gatorade is helping to...
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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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