From Jim Metrock: I have asked Jim Ritts, Channel One’s CEO to discontinue their offensive and possibly dangerous message boards at channelone.com. After one day – no response. Today, the AP carried this story: In Poll, Most Oppose Gay Marriage WILL LESTER Posted on Mon, Feb. 09, 2004 Associated Press WASHINGTON – A majority of Americans...
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NOTE FROM APRIL 21, 2011: This outrageous story for middle school students didn’t make any sense at the time. We only found out later when Derrick Shore left Channel One the information that Channel One knew all along: that Derrick Shore was a gay rights activist. I have since talked with former Channel One...
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Classrooms with Channel One News heard portions of these songs Classrooms Without Channel One heard this… Friday, January 23, 2004 ” The Headphonist” — Kinky “Harder To Breathe” — Maroon 5 “Spirit In The Sky” — Norman Greenbaum ” Everything” — Fefe Dobson “The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows” — Brand New “Amazing”...
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Bjorn “Hey, I’m a news anchor!” Leines. The beginning of Monday’s Channel One News: MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2004 January 27, 2004 JOSHUA: THE BEST ACTION SPORTS ATHLETES IN THE WORLD HAVE DESCENDED ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS FOR THE WINTER X GAMES, AND WE’RE HERE TO SEE IT ALL UP CLOSE. HEY EVERYBODY....
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Run of the House (WB Network) Parents Television Council says, “Run of the House is not recommended for children of any age.” What Channel One executives might say if they were asked: Yeah, we advertised it to kids. Big deal. If we can advertise a drug movie to children, don’t you think we can...
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Below are five pictures. Each is an actual frame from the in-school TV show called Channel One News. Example #1 Stealing time from taxpayers. After the Channel One News show appears to end, the screen goes black, but then the students see this graphic. The purpose of airing the name of a school is to get teachers to...
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From Jim Metrock: Those that have followed our efforts to raise awareness about Channel One News know about Pizitz Middle School in Birmingham, Alabama. I think citizens in all states can learn much from how this school has reacted to the call of citizens to remove Channel One. Pizitz’s principal David Miles has always had a close and...
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(A picture from the Channel One-advertised, gross-out show “Angel.”) Children get an unhealthy dose of the occult, violence, bizarre sex and general depravity on the WB’s “Angel.” Why did Channel One News allow this show to be advertised to children? Ask the man yourself: Jim Ritt’s email is jritts@channelone.com. He is responsible for this and all...
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