Posts Tagged ‘ pop quiz ’

A program length commercial

June 3, 2011
A program length commercial

      On May 25, 2011, Channel One News devoted their entire show to advertising four ABC television shows. The form of the program length commercial was a “pop quiz” featuring stars from each show as team captains. The four Channel One News on-air personalities gave up their pretense of being reporters.  They...
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How clever: Working TV shows ads into Pop Quizzes

May 9, 2011

NOW I KNOW YOU’VE GOT SOME BIG GAMES COMING UP, SO DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR CAMERA. THAT MEANS YOU TOO GIRLS. WE WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU’VE GOT! AND SINCE WE’RE ALREADY ON THE FIELD LET’S SEE HOW MUCH YOU BASEBALL FANS KNOW. I’M GONNA SEND IT OVER THE FOLKS AT ABC...
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A pop quiz about – HEY, WATCH THE NEW SEASON OF PRETTY LITTLE LIARS THIS JUNE – the trapped miners in Chile.

April 20, 2011
A pop quiz about – HEY, WATCH THE NEW SEASON OF PRETTY LITTLE LIARS THIS JUNE – the trapped miners in Chile.

The video clip below is from the April 13, 2011 Channel One News program shown to middle school students. Alloy Media and Marketing created the extremely controversial Pretty Little Liar books and TV show. Underage drinking is glorified routinely in the books and TV program. For a show aimed at pre-teens and teens, the...
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Not Again. You Again.

September 22, 2010
Not Again. You Again.

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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Pop Quiz

July 20, 2010

What a waste of taxpayer money.  Do students need a pop quiz on Muddy Waters (great artist that he was) from Joe Bonamassa (over-rated artist that he is)? The answer is a resounding “No.” This is filler material that Channel One News uses to pad its program. Bonamassa has signed on with Channel One...
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