From Jim Metrock: I am happy for Scott Evans. After four years of being an on-air personality for Houghton Mifflin’s controversial Channel One show, he announced his departure on May 29. He has been one of the more likable people on Channel One. He’s even more likable now, now that he has...
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From Jim Metrock: On September 29, 2014, and on several other dates, Channel One News ran a commercial for their parent company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. HMH publishes books aimed at the youth market. This ad is for a book called How to Catch a Bogle. The commercial is cheaply made. It must have...
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From Jim Metrock: Kocinski, Hanson, Evans, and Rulli Sounds like a law firm. Unfortunately, these young people didn’t choose the law for a career. They chose instead to earn a paycheck by commercially exploiting schoolchildren. These are the remaining reporters for Houghton Mifflin’s Channel One News. Shelby Holliday as I reported before left Channel...
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From Jim Metrock: The recent acquisition of Channel One by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt may mean all these on-air personalities will be back next year. Houghton Mifflin has given Channel One a big boost. Channel One’s advertising revenue had to have taken a big hit this past year – there were so few full-paying spots...
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From Jim Metrock: It’s the time of year when Channel One’s on-air personalities make their decisions to either stay or leave Channel One News. Based on my viewing of the show, I submit my predictions. % chance of staying at Channel One News for next school year Scott Evans 85% chance he...
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From Jim Metrock: 1. On March 18, Channel One News told schoolchildren: Next up, a new study by NASA finds that civilization could be headed for a collapse in our lifetime. The study by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center looked at other empires and civilizations in history and found a pattern to...
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From Jim Metrock: I have written before about the laziness of Channel One reporters: Dec. 18, 2003 – The Lazy News Network, Apr. 8, 2007 – Laziest Journalist in America?, May 5, 2008 – The Lazy News Channel . How lazy are the reporters at Channel One News? This company brags about being young...
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From Jim Metrock: Bishop Fenwick High School in Franklin, Ohio shows Channel One News on its classroom TV sets. (I can hear Channel One’s advertisers and CEO C.J. Kettler shouting with joy, “There IS a school that actually watches Channel One News!”) Every day right before school ends, students are read announcements, bow their...
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From Jim Metrock: Well she showed up. I was wondering what happened to Jessica Kumari after she left Channel One News this past May, After working at Channel One for an unbelievable stretch of six years! I was interested to see at what her next job would be. On September 18 I found out...
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From Jim Metrock: Channel One News had a major overhaul this year in an attempt to stop the relentless stream of schools dropping their TV show. They moved Kent Haehl out of the CEO’s position and put Ms. C. J. Kettler into his spot in order to create a more family-friendly company. They came...
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