All smiles and giggles with another year of commercially exploiting schoolchildren under their belts. The primary job of these Channel One yahoos is to sell stuff to teens and preteens. Each of them is tremendously accomplished at their kiddie marketing jobs. Each of them knows, or should know, they are especially hurting children in lower-income...
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Note: Obligation, Inc. published this on November 8, 2006: PRIMEDIA Reports Third Quarter 2006 Results Tuesday November 7, 8:30 am ET “However, the magnitude of other challenges has increased, causing us to reduce 2006 guidance. Channel One is having a worse-than-expected 2006 selling season. Enthusiast Media’s International Automotive category continues to decline as the...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One used to broadcast into June, but they stopped that a few years ago. It was just too much work. The lazy employees at Channel One News have signed off today for the remainder of May, all of June and July and a few weeks of August. No need to...
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From Jim Metrock: It’s rare to see high school students participate in a Channel One News stunt. Usually, students just out of elementary school love to send in their “shout outs” so they can see themselves on the classroom TV screen. However, Northeastern High School students in Springfield, OH had some middle school-fun by filming...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One News has a well-earned reputation for laziness and sloth. If a young person wants to do as little as they possible and still be called a “reporter” there is only one place to go: Channel One News. Let me show you something interesting. Watch this video of a news...
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Email sent to Livingston Parish school board members. —— VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Bah4FWweSUE Dear School Board Member, It appears that some of your classrooms are still showing the controversial Channel One TV show. Only a decreasing minority of American school districts are still bringing this company’s advertising into classrooms. More than likely a previous board experimented with Channel...
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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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From Jim Metrock: To understand what the marketing geniuses at Channel One did today on its in-school TV show, you have to understand the current “war” between the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Expanded Universe. Two movie studios have their own cast of superheros (Marvel: Spiderman, Black Panther and DC: Superman,...
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