From Jim Metrock: How fitting. Yesterday I wrote about the Grinches at Channel One News who rob children of their academic time in school. Today I find the latest post on Channel One’s Facebook page by a student who thinks the best thing about Channel One News is wasting 15 minutes of English class....
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Channel One News article praises offensive play and gives children link to play’s website. Here’s a typical song from The Book of Mormon. Be WARNED. This may be considered funny stuff to Channel One’s staff but this is very offensive content. Obligation normally “*&%#s” out most letters of offensive words when...
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December 16, 2011: National College sent information refuting the Kentucky Attorney General’s claims. Please read: 2011 O C1 National College letter Dec 7 2011 Controversial National College fits perfectly with extremely controversial Channel One News. From Jim Metrock: Anyone who has watched as much Channel One News as I have, certainly appreciates how little...
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Q: Why is Channel One advertising The Vampire Diaries to teens and preteens? A: Channel One News is constantly promoting The Vampire Diaries because the Vampire books and the TV show on the CW Network were created by Channel One’s parent company Alloy Media and Marketing. Alloy took over...
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From Jim Metrock: Here’s an article from CNN that has some very disturbing comments by the screenwriter of the new Footloose movie. This is the movie that Channel One News has been relentless advertising to kids down to age 11 since mid-September. The only two executives that I know who are left at Channel...
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From April 6, 2011 Channel One News program. There are no rougher commercials on Channel One News than for Acuvue contact lens. The executives at C1N, Kent Haehl and Paul Folkemer, have no problem letting Acuvue get a little rough with middle school and high school student. These commercials are yet again another...
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It’s Wednesday, September 22, 2010 and Channel One News is cheating schools again. We would say they are sneaking in more advertising content over the two-minute contractual limit, but there is no “sneaking” to it. This is just a blatant ad for a movie, but Channel One News refuses to acknowledge it as an...
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This commercial is from a January 2001 Channel One News program. Although currently Channel One does not air junk food commercials, there is always the fear that these kiddie marketers may bring them back to American classrooms. That would seem to be impossible with the present concern about youth obesity, but Channel One executives...
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Few parents know that Alloy’s Channel One News has a long history promoting MTV shows to preteens.
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Obligation can’t get Dr. Folkemer to answer our emails, so we put some words in his mouth. This is what we think this educator-turned-Kiddie Marketer would say. Dr. Folkemer is one of the few remaining executives at Alloy/Channel One News. He is certainly familiar with everything the company is advertising to teens and...
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