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Posts Tagged ‘ Nintendo ’

Mario vs. Donkey Kong

May 2, 2011

It is strange to think of school teachers sitting at their desks as Channel One’s specially selected commercials play on the classroom TV. If taxpayers fully knew the amount of school time that is being wasted showing Channel One commercials, there would be a lot school administrators out of work. Does Nintendo really need...
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Put down your books, Channel One News wants to sell you a video game.

July 14, 2010

This commercial ran in the 2009/10 school year.  How can a student not watch this commercial? When you see this 30-second commercial, think of six million students watching it at various schools on the same day.  That is a tremendous loss of school time.  This nonsense goes on every school day, mainly in schools...
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Nag Factor

November 21, 2005
Nag Factor

Screen shot of today’s commercial shown in middle and high schools.   It’s getting near Christmas and toy and game commercials are filling up Channel One’s’ ad spots. Companies like Nintendo like the captive audience that Channel One claims it can deliver. On today’s show, students watched a commercial that offers them a “free” video game if...
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