Dude, Where’s My Car? (PG13 Drug content, profanity, sexual content) 20th Century Fox recently made the decision to move up their distribution of their “pothead” movie “Dude, Where’s My Car?” from spring 2001 to December 15. They had to act quickly to market this drug movie to teens and...
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Months after Channel One urged children to see the premiere of the gross-out PG13 movie The Nutty Professor – The Klumps, the Channel One web site is still promoting the film. Channel One encouraged children to enter a contest to win Eddie Murphy prizes. The children had to write about a teacher and why they were crazy – or...
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Channel One wants to know about your child. Obligation has stopped them before but now they are back pushing the envelope. To get information from children the common practice among marketing firms like Channel One is to stage a contest. Dangle something children want in front of them and then tell them that you have to supply personal information in...
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May 26, 2000 To: Paul Folkemer, Jim Ritts, Jeff Ballabon, Tom Rogers, and Roger Wolfson Today there is yet another incident of violence in our public schools (West Palm Beach). I have called on you before to end the promotion of violent entertainment to America’s schoolchildren and I have heard absolutely nothing. Do you think marketing violence is a...
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Channel One’s Jeff Ballabon quoted in the Harrisburg, PA Patriot-News, referring to the efforts of scholars and conservative and liberal groups opposing Channel One: “It’s hard to express how unconcerned we are that this is going to impact us negatively.”
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A “must” if you are fighting Channel One in your school district. Get it at your local library. The article is entitled “Channel One’s Mixed Grade in Schools” by Constance Hays – Sunday, December 5, 1999. The article is on the front page of the business section. It runs for over 3,300 words. Channel One is in deep trouble...
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“It made me think about all of the terrible things my kids were exposed to in public school over the years – and none of us parents could ‘censor’ any of it. For instance, I was livid when Channel 1 broadcast news of Jeffrey Dahmer’s hideous murders directly into my kids’ classroom several years ago. I had censored...
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We said 1999 would be a disastrous year for Channel One and it has been much worse than even we forecasted. According to an Educational Marketer article, Channel One’s president, Kevin McAliley, “abruptly resigned” several weeks ago. In early summer, PRIMEDIA’s Chairman, William Reilly, offered his resignation which was no resignation at all. He was given the boot by...
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