From Jim Metrock: Houghton Mifflin has a history of making bad decisions. The company has gone through several financial restructurings in recent years. The company’s last restructuring was indeed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2012. Houghton Mifflin used the bankruptcy laws to walk away from a cool $3.1 billion in debt. Any company that...
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From Jim Metrock: This agreement was copied word for word from Channelone.com. Like other Channel One-produced content, this agreement is full of punctuation mistakes and a few misspellings, but that isn’t the reason I’m posting it. I seriously doubt if Channel One, in their financial condition, has an attorney anymore. There might be a...
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Copied from Channelone.com on October 8, 2017: Terms of Use Effective Date: March 8, 2013. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. IT SETS FORTH THE LEGALLY BINDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. Introduction and Overview Welcome! You have arrived at an online service location (e.g., web site or mobile app) that...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One News is a taped show. Even though there is less pressure with a canned program, mistakes pop up on the program. This may be because Channel One News is more about advertising than journalism. Students watching Channel One News see U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn) discussing the Russia investigation. However,...
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Wakefield Middle School student performs a backward somersault to help promote a school vendor. What if she was injured doing this? Did the teacher or school obtain informed, written consent from parents of students before they performed and read their script and before their likenesses were nationally distributed? Does the Wake County Public School System...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One News keeps on plugging Teen Vogue and their radical sexual and political agenda with high school, middle school, and elementary school kids. Elementary school students?! Yes, Channel One has a version of their daily show for elementary school students. They say they do not have advertising on this...
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From Jim Metrock: Congratulations to the community of Elida, Ohio for removing the controversial Channel One News program from their schools. School officials listened to parents and took the responsible step of removing Channel One’s often age-inappropriate content from classrooms. Parents in Elida greatly benefitted from the behind-the-scenes help of the Campaign for a...
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From Jim Metrock: The big star this week on Channel One News was Maggie Rulli. Maggie Rulli!? Didn’t she quit Channel One News over a year ago? This is how Channel One works: if a news subject is somewhat timely, and Channel One has some old videos on that subject, they will simply replay...
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Channel One News demeans Civil Rights icon, tells students Kaepernick may be a modern day Rosa Parks. Kids told multi-millionaire Kaepernick is a helpless victim of corporations. Chilling transformation underway at Channel One News: More slanted news, more editorializing. From Jim Metrock: Channel One’s lovefest for Colin Kaepernick is disgusting. This follows Channel One’s bizarre...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One has never been popular in Massachusetts. Does the name “Billerica” sound familiar? It’s hilarious how the Dudley-Charlton school district in Dudley, MA “honors” their Channel One contract. Channel One’s contract states: 4) The School agrees to receive the Channel One News programs from Channel One and to show the...
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