From Jim Metrock: It’s the time of year when Channel One’s on-air personalities make their decisions to either stay or leave Channel One News. Based on my viewing of the show, I submit my predictions. % chance of staying at Channel One News for next school year Scott Evans 85% chance he...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One News uses classroom time to ask students to give various pictures a funny caption. It’s a total waste of taxpayer-funded school time, but Channel One couldn’t care less. This was a recent picture. This is Maggie Rulli a reporter for the show. My caption unfortunately is more serious...
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From Jim Metrock: Ms. CJ Kettler is making it hard for anyone, especially teachers, to defend her, much less like her. The few teachers who have tried to support Channel One’s commercial presence in classrooms, have to be throwing up their hands and shaking their heads when they see what Ms. Kettler is doing....
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From Jim Metrock: I have written before about the laziness of Channel One reporters: Dec. 18, 2003 – The Lazy News Network, Apr. 8, 2007 – Laziest Journalist in America?, May 5, 2008 – The Lazy News Channel . How lazy are the reporters at Channel One News? This company brags about being young...
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From Jim Metrock: Bishop Fenwick High School in Franklin, Ohio shows Channel One News on its classroom TV sets. (I can hear Channel One’s advertisers and CEO C.J. Kettler shouting with joy, “There IS a school that actually watches Channel One News!”) Every day right before school ends, students are read announcements, bow their...
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From Jim Metrock: In the late 90’s, Channel One News had eight reporters on their staff. This school year the controversial youth marketing company has only three reporters. As American schools continue to remove Channel One News from their daily schedules, and their student audience continues to shrink, there simply isn’t enough money...
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From Jim Metrock: February 2013 was when Channel One very secretly removed Kent Haehl as CEO. Ms. C.J. Kettler took over this position without any public announcement. In April, Obligation broke the story of Haehl’s departure and Kettler’s hiring. One month later Channel One’s PR department put out a press release stating the obvious....
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At one time: Eight reporters. From Jim Metrock: Channel One News is losing their on-air personalities almost as quickly as they are losing their audience. Julian Dujarric lasted less than a year at the Channel One youth marketing company. I’m hoping he realized that commercially exploiting a captive audience of schoolchildren was not...
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