The countdown isn’t the beginning of the show. The show began with the first images of this commercial. The countdown leads to a Channel One News on-air personality welcoming the captive audience to Channel One’s show. After this greeting there is even more precious school time wasted as an animated video promoting...
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From 2011: Channel One devotes its January 10, 2011 show to one advertiser – the US Army. Video was removed due to complaint filed by Channel One News.
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June 1, 2012 – And that’s a wrap. No more Channel One News until August 13. That’s assuming ZelnickMedia, Channel One’s ultimate owner, doesn’t quietly shut the doors on this financially struggling enterprise. Why no Channel One News during the summer? Don’t young people need a news source now that school is...
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Channel One News program length commercial for Disney/ABC TV shows Part 1: Channel One News program length commercial for Disney/ABC TV shows Part 2: Channel One News program length commercial for Disney/ABC TV shows Part 3:
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One News has four anchors right now – Jessica Kumari, Shelby Holliday, Scott Evans and the recently-hired Maggie Rulli. After last school year, I rated the chances of each of the anchors coming back. Three came back for the start of the 2011-12...
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On February 15, 2012 Channel One News used their crack team of “journalists” to show off school tee shirts. This one 30-second bit of nonsense cost students and taxpayers dearly. Channel One says they have “nearly 5.5 million” students. (They once claimed a captive audience of 8.1 million.) If half of their claimed audience...
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From Jim Metrock: You’re about to see and read some disgusting stuff. Especially when you consider this material is aimed at teens, preteens, and very possibly elementary school-age children. Welcome to Channel One News’s sister company gURL.com. Channel One News is now urging children of all ages to not only visit this sexually...
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From Jim Metrock: How fitting. Yesterday I wrote about the Grinches at Channel One News who rob children of their academic time in school. Today I find the latest post on Channel One’s Facebook page by a student who thinks the best thing about Channel One News is wasting 15 minutes of English class....
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