August 13, 2012 From Jim Metrock: Channel One News promotes R-rated movies, they just don’t do it directly. Here’s an example: Channel One advertises on their in-classroom TV show their sister company Findtuition.com. Young people who signin to Findtuition.com agree to receive emails from the company. I did this in 2008 and started receiving...
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From Jim Metrock: What an ugly coincidence. A day after I wrote about Channel One News airing their bizarre “Rectal Experiment” commercial in middle schools promoting their sister Alloy Media and Marketing company FindTuition.com, I receive an email from FindTuition.com promoting Alloy’s newest sex/drug/alcohol movie for young people called Sex Drive. Notice that Alloy...
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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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(Birmingham, AL) The companion website for the controversial in-school TV show Channel One has generated controversy of its own. The TV show and website both have a target audience of teens and pre-teens, yet this summer the Channel One website reviewed raunchy R-rated movies for kids. Obligation is a Birmingham-based child advocacy organization. It has monitored all aspects...
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