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Channel One News Hall of Shame: This is one of the milder movies promoted on classroom TVs.

March 13, 2017
Channel One News Hall of Shame: This is one of the milder movies promoted on classroom TVs.

Note: Today is March 13, 2017.  I am posting this article from 2011 because parents and school administrators are denied access to the list of advertisers on the controversial Channel One TV show.  By going back in time a little bit, one can get an idea of Channel One’s advertising. This is one of...
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Why would Channel One News advertise this movie to 11-year-old children?

September 25, 2012
Why would Channel One News advertise this movie to 11-year-old children?

  Another outrageous movie advertised on Channel One News. Warning: Offensive content below.  Parents Guide for The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff.  Sex & Nudity Sex is a big part of the story here....
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Good images to start a school day? Channel One News says, “Yes!!!”

July 19, 2011
Good images to start a school day? Channel One News says, “Yes!!!”

    Schools that still have Channel One News are often helpless as Channel One’s marketing geniuses dump offensive advertising into classrooms. Learn more about the cultural rot this advertising gimmick continually brings into public schools.     For more on the controversial Channel One News program: https://obligation.org/category/alloy-channel-one-news  
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Contest for PG-13 movie

March 26, 2011
Contest for PG-13 movie

  Some of the content in this Channel One News-plugged/endorsed movie: Sex & Nudity Several sex scenes throughout, involving various states of undress (including underwear), and partial nudity. A man has a foot fetish, and makes sexual advances towards a woman’s feet. A pornographic website with a profane title is mentioned. A penis is...
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Channel One News is Number Zero for advertising this movie

January 24, 2011
Channel One News is Number Zero for advertising this movie

From Channel One’s website channelone.com. January 24, 2011 There is no MPAA rating label on movies advertised on Channel One’s site. There’s a reason for that. It hurts sales. This is a PG-13 movie. Channel One News promised school boards in 2000 they would cease advertising PG-13 movies to middle school students. That meant...
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More On RENT

November 10, 2005
More On RENT

Above: A scene from the movie Channel One advertised to middle school students. This is Angel. He has just taken off his wig. Angel is a drag queen, cross-dresser, transvestite (take your pick) and has a prominent role in Rent. Channel One News believes that this is appropriate content for middle school kids. Obligation doesn’t. In the movie, Angel...
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When Is The Sleaze Going To End?

February 12, 2004
When Is The Sleaze Going To End?

This is a nice looking movie poster, but it is deceptive. The movie it advertises is another (almost R-rated) PG13 movie filled with drug content and loaded with Sandler’s typical, non-stop sexual content. It was a little over a year ago when Channel One News spent SEVEN consecutive school days running specially-made commercials for Sandler’s adult cartoon Eight Crazy Nights....
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New Year, New Level Of Sleaze Advertised On Channel One

February 9, 2001

  Universal’s Dirty Movie “Head Over Heels Is Advertised To Children   Warning: This is possibly the dirtiest movie Channel One has ever crammed down the throats of students. We are going to tell the public what is in this movie. It is unfortunate that the Channel One Network and PRIMEDIA, its parent, are making it necessary that...
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Channel One Continues to Promote Eddie Murphy’s Dirty Movie

November 1, 2000

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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