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Northeastern High School (OH) goes gaga over Channel One.

May 8, 2018
Northeastern High School (OH) goes gaga over Channel One.

From Jim Metrock: It’s rare to see high school students participate in a Channel One News stunt.  Usually, students just out of elementary school love to send in their “shout outs” so they can see themselves on the classroom TV screen. However, Northeastern High School students in Springfield, OH had some middle school-fun by filming...
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Channel One News ripping off CBS News? Remember when Ch1 promoted Red Bull to kids?

May 1, 2018
Channel One News ripping off CBS News? Remember when Ch1 promoted Red Bull to kids?

From Jim Metrock: Channel One News has a well-earned reputation for laziness and sloth.  If a young person wants to do as little as they possible and still be called a “reporter” there is only one place to go: Channel One News. Let me show you something interesting. Watch this video of a news...
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Livingston Parish Schools still show Channel One.

April 18, 2018
Livingston Parish Schools still show Channel One.

Email sent to Livingston Parish school board members. —— VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/Bah4FWweSUE Dear School Board Member, It appears that some of your classrooms are still showing the controversial Channel One TV show. Only a decreasing minority of American school districts are still bringing this company’s advertising into classrooms. More than likely a previous board experimented with Channel...
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Bill Nye, the Thoughtless Guy

April 11, 2018
Bill Nye, the Thoughtless Guy

  From Jim Metrock:  Bill Nye appeared on Channel One News yesterday. He was there to promote science to young viewers.  And he was there to promote his brand. Mr. Nye has been a very successful self-promoter for decades. Having absolutely no training as a scientist, he has been phenomenally successful in creating the misleading...
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Grand County (UT) school uses taxpayer money to film Channel One promo film

March 7, 2018
Grand County (UT) school uses taxpayer money to film Channel One promo film

VIDEO: Helen Knight Elementary School promo video for Channel One March 7 2018 From Jim Metrock: Each of these students should have been paid between $170 and $250 f0r their performance in a scripted commercial for Channel One.  Did Grand County school officials get informed, written consent from all parents before plastering their child’s...
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Channel One News devotes 1/2 of show to promoting Marvel movie.

February 28, 2018
Channel One News devotes 1/2 of show to promoting Marvel movie.

    From Jim Metrock: To understand what the marketing geniuses at Channel One did today on its in-school TV show, you have to understand the current “war” between the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Expanded Universe. Two movie studios have their own cast of superheros (Marvel: Spiderman, Black Panther and DC: Superman,...
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Demopolis Middle gets a “C” on report card, but has time to watch Channel One

February 20, 2018
Demopolis Middle gets a “C” on report card, but has time to watch Channel One

  VIDEO: Channel One and Demopolis Middle Feb 20 2018 From Jim Metrock: This morning, Channel One News featured a video of students from Demopolis Middle School, Demopolis, AL. And just the other day I was bragging that Alabama schools have done so well ridding their classrooms of Channel One’s marketing scam. A school...
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Somerset (PA) students perform for Channel One.

February 14, 2018
Somerset (PA) students perform for Channel One.

Video: Channel One News Somerset Area JH Feb 14 2018  
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A Kipp elementary school in New Orleans does a bad thing.

February 13, 2018
A Kipp elementary school in New Orleans does a bad thing.

From Jim Metrock: Ugh. This is another new low for the kiddie marketers at Channel One. Today’s Channel One TV show opened with 3rd-graders! reciting the “Channel One News starts right now” script. These are 8-year-old children.  What was this teacher thinking?  What was the principal thinking? (If the principal even knew what was...
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Derby Middle School takes time out to do a promotional spot for a school vendor.

February 2, 2018
Derby Middle School takes time out to do a promotional spot for a school vendor.

From Jim Metrock: It seems there are more than a few schools that love to film videos for the controversial, kiddie marketing firm Channel One.  Here’s one from Derby, Kansas.   From Channel One’s transcript for Feb. 2, 2018: Students: This is Mr. Loop’s fourth-hour social studies class at Derby Middle School in Derby,...
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