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Posts Tagged ‘ Play of the Week ’

From the archives: Wasting time with Channel One News (2010)

August 17, 2012
From the archives: Wasting time with Channel One News (2010)

There is very little hard news on Channel One News. The company is a kiddie marketing company and selling stuff to a captive audience of schoolchildren is what Channel One is all about. This Play of the Week does two things. First, it wastes time. This is filler. Showing this is cheaper than actually...
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for December 15, 2000

June 27, 2012
Complete, unedited Channel One News for December 15, 2000

Channel One News has advertised numerous movies that were age-inappropriate due to drug and alcohol content and sexual content. One of the worst was the “stoner comedy” Dude, Where’s My Car? in December, 2000 and January 2001. The entire movie was one big drug joke which normalized the use of marijuana among young people....
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for October 1, 2002

March 30, 2012
Complete, unedited Channel One News for October 1, 2002

Channel One News: You’re a loser if you wear glasses. (Acuvue contact lens commercials)      
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for April 22, 2002

January 24, 2012
Complete, unedited Channel One News for April 22, 2002

 
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What’s a soccer kick have to do with current events?

December 10, 2011

There are so few real news stories on Channel One News, they have to add various “filler” features to pad the space between the commercials. Play of the Week is an old standby. Students send in video in hopes Channel One will feature their school on air. The videos are generally unspectacular. That doesn’t...
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for September 9, 2008

December 9, 2011
Complete, unedited Channel One News for September 9, 2008


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Puma is new advertiser on Channel One News

September 14, 2011
Puma is new advertiser on Channel One News


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4 commercials on Channel One News

May 11, 2011


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Deconstructing Channel One News – segment from May 26, 2009 program

August 4, 2010

From Jim Metrock: This is one continuous clip from Channel One News interrupted only by my comments.  It is incredible that public schools are urging schoolchildren to watch MTV.
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The Gatorade Channel (formerly Channel One News)

May 19, 2006
The Gatorade Channel (formerly Channel One News)

  PepsiCo’s Gatorade is a long-time advertiser on Channel One News. We have previously reported* about the enormous amounts of time Channel One allows Gatorade to sell their product to preteens and teens. In addition to commercials, Gatorade sponsor’s the weekly “Play of the Week” which is nothing more than a long-form commercial. Now Channel One News is going even...
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