From Jim Metrock: Below is the front page of the “news” site called Channelone.com. This is what Channel One executives do when a movie studio waves some cash under their noses. They go crazy. The movie studio wanted Channel One News to get children into the theater for this PG-13 movie, so Channel One...
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From Jim Metrock: Every commercial for a movie in a public school classroom IS ugly. Above is part of the Channelone.com web advertising campaign for the new PG-13 movie Beastly. Channel One News of course also ran promotions for the movie on their in-school TV program. The movie is inappropriate for many middle school...
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Channel One News vowed in the year 2000 to stop advertising PG-13 movies to middle school students. Now that Alloy Media and Marketing has taken over, Channel One News is relentlessly advertising PG-13 movies to all ages. Above is a banner ad running on Alloy’s Channel One News website on December 10, 2009. Children...
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You wouldn’t think ANY Catholic school would have a contract with Channel One News. A church-run school that tolerates the advertising of drug and alcohol movies and sexually charged movies and TV shows to students is a church-run school that has many more problems than Channel One. (Note: Channel One continues to advertise PG-13 movies to middle schoolchildren.)...
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An Open Letter to Obligation, Inc. for Parents, and Educators in “Channel One Schools” April 15, 2004 Obligation, Inc. The Barbizon Building 3100 Lorna Road, Suite 311 Birmingham, AL 35216 Dear Obligation, I have been a public school teacher in the state of Colorado for the past eleven years and have been put in the unfortunate and uncomfortable...
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From Jim Metrock: I have already written about the Channel One-advertised 50 First Dates, but today I saw it for myself. This movie is just filth. I see why it was originally rated R. The thugs at Channel One News ought to be utterly ashamed of themselves. Any adult that encourages children to see this vulgarity is a...
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Obligation reported on February 12 that Channel One’s web site was advertising Adam Sandler’s newest movie. We also reported that Channel One was sponsoring a contest with the purpose of encouraging children to see Sandler’s movie. Now, we have just seen a tape of Channel One News for the first week of February and, incredibly, Channel One actually showed...
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Well, it didn’t last long. In 2000, Channel One was shamed into stopping the practice of advertising PG-13 movies in middle schools. Channel One’s lobbyists went into overdrive getting the message out that Channel One was being sensitive to their middle school audience. A little background; Although to a classroom teacher, Channel One News looks like a seamless...
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On April 5, Channel One ran a commercial for Josie and the Pussycats. This movie has a lot of “fun” with the word “p***y.” Sexual dialogue and profanity is routine in this movie as it is in virtually all Channel One advertised films. Families don’t stand a chance against Hollywood’s best friend Channel One, On April 11, Channel...
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Channel One executives just can’t pass up the money that movie studios wave beneath their noses. On October 6, Channel One ran a commercial in middle schools around the country for a PG13 movie called “Pay It Forward.” To get the kids’ attention a partially-clothed Helen Hunt is prominently shown in the classroom commercial. Children see Helen...
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