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Turning ads into news: US Army pays Channel One News for positive story

April 24, 2014
Turning ads into news: US Army pays Channel One News for positive story

Reporter Shelby Holliday shills for military.   From Jim Metrock: On April 17, Channel One News devoted nearly one third of its program (30%) to a “news story” about the U.S. Army.   Students may have watched this news story or they may have ignored it.  One thing I am fairly certain of is that few...
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How Channel One News serves their largest advertiser: The U.S. Army

June 29, 2012
How Channel One News serves their largest advertiser: The U.S. Army

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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Find the eight Army ads on Channelone.com’s home page.

April 18, 2012
Find the eight Army ads on Channelone.com’s home page.

http://www.channelone.com/video/dream-strong/ From Jim Metrock: Channel One News is surviving because our federal government continues to place military recruitment ads on the in-school TV show and on Channelone.com. Channel One News has become primarily a federal government supported news show. That should send chills down the backs of all Americans. Channel One has tailored many...
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The US Army may be overspending on Channel One News ads.

November 16, 2011
The US Army may be overspending on Channel One News ads.

Many secondary schools under contract to show Channel One News to their students don’t honor the contract.   For years Obligation has documented numerous ways schools violate the viewing terms of Channel One’s contract. [ex. MS, AL and TX, GA and TX, FL, NE, WY, IA and the notorious Pizitz Letters – Channel One admits their viewing...
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1/2 of show promotes largest advertiser: US Army

March 29, 2011

Video was removed due to complaint filed by Channel One News.    Channel One News is contractually limited to have no more than 2 minutes a day of advertising, but on this day, they devote over 5 and a half minutes, of a 12-minute program, to promoting their most important advertiser — the U...
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