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As advertised on Channel One News: Candy, video games, wireless service, Gatorade (2003)

August 24, 2012
As advertised on Channel One News: Candy, video games, wireless service, Gatorade (2003)

Channel One News has a long history of advertising candy to its captive audience of schoolchildren.
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for February 2, 2005

August 16, 2012
Complete, unedited Channel One News for February 2, 2005

Channel One News prevents parents from seeing the commercials they send to American classrooms. They remove commercials from their playback for parents on Channelone.com. Obligation provides parents and the public with the full Channel One shows that students were forced to watch while they sit at their desks.  
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As advertised on Channel One News: Gatorade – celebrity endorsement Mia Hamm (Feb. 2, 2005)

August 4, 2012
As advertised on Channel One News: Gatorade – celebrity endorsement Mia Hamm (Feb. 2, 2005)

Channel One News allows celebrity endorsements in its commercials. 10-year-old children required to watch the show may not be fully able to understand celebrities are paid to say good things about a product.        
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for April 6, 1998

August 3, 2012
Complete, unedited Channel One News for April 6, 1998

Interrupting class time to urge middle school students to drink more Pepsi? Channel One News advertised Pepsi products for over a decade. ;
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for February 1, 2005

August 1, 2012
Complete, unedited Channel One News for February 1, 2005

Channel One News prevents parents from seeing the commercials they send to American classrooms. They remove commercials from their playback for parents on Channelone.com. Obligation provides parents and the public with the full Channel One shows that students were forced to watch while they sit at their desks.          
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Complete, unedited Channel One News for May 19, 1997

September 24, 2011
Complete, unedited Channel One News for May 19, 1997


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Yeah, but Gatorade pays us.

June 4, 2011
Yeah, but Gatorade pays us.

From the Channel One News script May 31, 2011: WE TOLD YOU EARLIER THIS YEAR ABOUT A REPORT THAT WARNED OF HEALTH PROBLEMS AND SIDE EFFECTS CAUSED BY ENERGY DRINKS. WELL NOW, A LARGE GROUP OF DOCTORS SAY TEENS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM THOSE ENERGY DRINKS COMPLETELY AND ONLY USE SPORTS DRINKS ONCE...
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The Gatorade Channel (formerly Channel One News)

May 19, 2006
The Gatorade Channel (formerly Channel One News)

  PepsiCo’s Gatorade is a long-time advertiser on Channel One News. We have previously reported* about the enormous amounts of time Channel One allows Gatorade to sell their product to preteens and teens. In addition to commercials, Gatorade sponsor’s the weekly “Play of the Week” which is nothing more than a long-form commercial. Now Channel One News is going even...
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More Empty Calories

March 24, 2006
More Empty Calories

Screen shot from Channel One News. It’s a full-scale advertising assault on school kids. Channel One News is pushing another sugared gum on its show. Wrigley’s needs more children to take up the chewing gum habit. That is why they are advertising on Channel One. The sugar in a stick of gum (2 grams) is not...
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“balanced out”

December 16, 2005

In a recent web article, Channel One’s CEO Judy Harris responded to questions about Channel One’s long history of advertising junk food and soft drinks to students. She said junk food ads that Channel One continues to run are “balanced out” by feature stories about healthy eating and living. From the Parents Action web article: “Last year...
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