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Schools that rent their TV equipment from Channel One are repeatedly told what they must do in order to keep the equipment. No other public school supplier has the audacity of Channel One. Schools are required to show the daily TV show 90% of all school days. How gutsy is that? Who is Channel...
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From Jim Metrock: Public companies are required to file a quarterly report, called a 10-Q, to the SEC. In this report, a firm is required to disclose relevant information regarding their financial position. The report is due 35 days after each of the first three fiscal quarters. After the fourth quarter, the firm files...
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Channel One has had a love affair with the McDonald’s Corporation for many years. Students are accustomed to seeing special ads on Channel One News urging them to enter contests at their local McDonald’s. One famous Channel One ad showed a carload of teens agreeing that they should eat MORE french fries (after they had already eaten) so...
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In a recent public meeting in Douglasville, GA, a public school employee told the meeting that the Southern Baptist Convention had rescinded their1999 resolution opposing Channel One News. When asked where she got that information, she said that a Channel One News employee told her. The Southern Baptist Convention’s resolution condemning Channel One in all classrooms has...
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Jim Ritts is the beleaguered president of Channel One News. His company is both up for sale and looking for additional investors if no purchaser can be found. Ritts knows it is "gut-check" time for Channel One and he is doing some bold (read: "stupid") things to bring money into his company. Ritts has...
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From: *******@aol.com Date: October 31, 2003 12:18:58 PM CST To: ****@aol.com Cc: jimmetrock@mindspring.com Subject: Channel One Hello, I just wanted to let you know – Thanks to your support and all the information from Jim Metrock and Obligation Inc. web site, I was able to have Channel One thrown out of our school district...
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Every week, Channel One News plays a joke on the school boards that signed up for their service. They run a feature called The Play of the Week. This is a promotional effort by Channel One to get more students to watch their program. Virtually every day near the beginning of the show, Channel...
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Channel One’s parent company, PRIMEDIA, is in terrible shape. The company announced their third quarter results today and it was dismal. Last year’s third quarter showed a loss of one cent per share. This year, they lost 17 cents per share. This greatly exceeded what the experts had predicted. PRIMEDIA is one lousy company. It has never made...
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October 28, 2003 Candidates’ concerns voiced at forum By Matt Merritt/Austin Daily Herald The public got down to the details with the 10 Austin School Board candidates Monday night at the Mower County Senior Center. Questions at the forum, sponsored by the Austin branch of the American Association of University Women, included such...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One News has to find new revenue sources. So they are selling magazines. And books, CDs, and DVDs. As we reported, Channel One is now in the business of marketing these products to young people that visit their web site. Their “Shop” section is a bold move for this...
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Doritos ads are back on Channel One News. Channel One News is working overtime to push this snack product on kids. Money is flowing into Channel One News from the people at Frito-Lay, makers of Doritos and a division of PepsiCo. Marketing snacks is a major part of Channel...
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Email from Ken McNatt: "This Channel One removal comes from the Russellville School District in Russellville, Arkansas. The day, August 26th, 2003. This is a PDF file, so I will give you the excerpt from the file: From: http://rsdweb.k12.ar.us/pdf/Minutes/August%2026,%202003.pdf ‘IN THE MATTER OF Removal of Channel One at Russellville High School The Board...
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http://www.pleasanthill.k12.or.us/Schools/High/BillieBulletin/Issue_5_2003(October)/5_2003_5.htm Students mixed on loss of Channel One by Stephanie Lowell – Reporter When everybody came back to school in the fall, it seemed like something was missing; and it was. Channel One, a news program that Pleasant Hill has shown directly after Guide since 1991 has been relegated to Social Studies and...
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By BRANDY RICHMOND Banner-Graphic Staff Writer CLOVERDALE — Rather than paring down the valedictory pool, weighted grades may actually beef up the competition, the Cloverdale School Board learned at its June meeting. Cloverdale High School Principal Patrick Bauer addressed board president Scott Barrier and members Joetta Milligan, Barbara Petro, John Whitaker and James Sharp regarding weighted grades for...
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Commercial Television in the Classroom WHEREAS, commercial vendors are increasingly marketing their products to children and young people as a means of encouraging brand loyalty early in life; WHEREAS, schools are prime targets for aggressive marketing campaigns because attendance is mandatory; WHEREAS, programs such as Channel One require students to be forced to watch...
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Channel One News sells advertising on its in-school TV show and on its web site. Part of the duties of Channel One’s on-air personalities is to drive children to the web site so revenues can be further enhanced. The web site was once commercial-free (all educational sites should be), but the present management is...
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It’s not a smart thing to do, but Channel One is pressing ahead with its junk food assault on children. In September, Channel One News kicked off a heavy (virtually everyday) campaign to introduce children to a new product from Lay’s. This stackable potato chip has no trans fat, but if this is Channel...
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HOWENSTINE SCHOOL COUNCIL MINUTES 5/13/03 Moderator, Tom Patterson, called meeting to order at 4:38 p.m. In attendance: Dawn Custis, Suzan Brown, Tom Patterson, Rex Scott, Carol Galland, Ellen D’Acquisto, Craig Drachman, Steve Goodman, Beatriz Gavino, Robin P. Plouffe, Jeff Davis, Guadalupe Felix, Maria Aguiar, Maureen Tafreshi, Kim Archer, Al Albertini Special...
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From Jim Metrock: Most of the teachers I have talked to across the country are adamantly opposed to the entire concept of Channel One. (That is why only a minority of eligible schools have contracts with Channel One.) Most teachers understand the unethical nature of forcing sales pitches on students during public school time....
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One of the youngest anchors to be hired by Channel One is one of the best they have ever had. Joshua Toole probably connects with the captive audience of students better than the other, much older reporters. (Isn’t Seth Doane getting a little long in the tooth?) He is attending college in Los Angeles...
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From Jim Metrock: One of my favorite U2 songs is called One Tree Hill. Unfortunately, this is also the name of a WB Network teen soap opera, loaded with sexual tension and teen alcohol usage, that Channel One News is currently advertising to children. The show sends an awful message to young people about alcohol. The show makes...
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Ken McNatt has launched a new web site (National Campaign Against Channel One) to help citizens remove Channel One from their schools. Ken is now a freshman in college and plans on being a teacher. We need more teachers who, like Ken, understand the integrity of the classroom. Check out his site. Ken has...
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