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I Am Number Four

February 19, 2011
I Am Number Four

This PG13 movie was advertised not only on Channel One’s web site, but also on the in-classroom TV show Channel One News.  Channel One allowed the main actor to open their show with a “shout out” to students. The company has had a sordid history of advertising movies that promote teen drinking and drug...
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Karate Kid Advertised in Classrooms

June 7, 2010

May 10, 2010 One of the many Channel One commercials for The Karate Kid.
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How Many Seconds?

February 3, 2004

This is from the Channel One News script from yesterday. Look at your watch and speak out loud the lines below. It will take X number of seconds. Multiple those seconds by 4,000,000 (our estimate of Channel One’s audience). Figure out the number of minutes and hours and your jaw will drop. Just imagine if 8 million students lost...
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AOL Time Warner

September 17, 2003
AOL Time Warner

  It doesn’t seem right. AOL Time Warner has assets worth $118 BILLION as of June 30, yet they want taxpayers to subsidize their publicity campaign for a movie called Secondhand Lions coming out this Friday. AOL Time Warner made a deal with Channel One News. We are not privy to the details, but it is obvious...
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Channel One Shows Promotional Clips Of Violent PG13 Movie To Middle School Students

June 12, 2003

From Jim Metrock: Any independent observer of Channel One News over the last two years would be perplexed at some of the absolutely idiotic decisions made by their programming VP, Morgan Wandell. By definition if you work for Channel One News you are a “lightweight.” Important people work elsewhere. It was Wandell that told his news anchors...
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Channel One Sending Out Two Signals

January 19, 2000

Dr. Paul Folkemer, VP of Education for Channel One, told the Valley Grove, PA school board this week that Channel One is now sending out two signals. One signal is for children under 13 and the other for 13 and older. The only difference he mentioned concerned PG13 movies. It seems that Dr. Folkemer, the person who approves all...
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