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Too clever by half.

March 13, 2014
Too clever by half.

  From Jim Metrock: Channel One News is a shell of its former self in part because of a history of bad decisions by their management.  Here’s a big one. I came across this old email to a staffer at Senator Richard Shelby’s office.  In 2004, the Senator’s office helped me get in front...
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Why I won’t quit.

January 29, 2014
Why I won’t quit.

  From Jim Metrock: I took off a month to consider if I should end Obligation’s fight against Channel One. I have been researching and reporting on Channel One, and raising awareness of Channel One’s presence in American classrooms since 1996. I had a sense that Channel One’s current management wanted their classroom TV...
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for January 3, 2001

July 12, 2012
Complete, unedited Channel One News for January 3, 2001

Channel One News doesn’t think parents and the public in general need to see the advertising on the in-classroom TV show. That’s why this youth marketing firm removes commercials from their web rebroadcast.        
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for May 14, 2008

July 12, 2011
Complete, unedited Channel One News for May 14, 2008

  See what Channel One News doesn’t want you to see. What Channel One shows parents is not what students see in their classroom. Channel One does not allow the public to see two minutes of their 12-minute daily program. Channel One News removes both commercial breaks from their web rebroadcast of the show....
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