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“They shot the boy in the head.”

April 25, 2006
“They shot the boy in the head.”

  From Jim Metrock: After ten years of reporting on the content on Channel One, I shouldn’t be shocked by anything they do. But I was today. This morning I received an email from a parent in Virginia. His 12-year-old daughter told him that she would rather read in the hallway rather than sit in her classroom and...
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Channel One Gets Brutal

August 19, 2005
Channel One Gets Brutal

Channel One News, your “Dead Body” station. The first week of Channel One News has got to have teachers very concerned. The graphic images being presented to pre-teens are appalling, even by Channel One’s standards. Dead bodies are everywhere and middle school students are getting the same gory feed that the high school students are receiving. On Thursday,...
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Channel One’s Latest Horror PSA Brings Gun Violence Into Classrooms

November 3, 2002
Channel One’s Latest Horror PSA Brings Gun Violence Into Classrooms

More mayhem on Channel One. Children witness a friend shooting his friend in the head (or possibly the chest – film ends with gun flash) while they sit smoking marijuana. The intended message from the ONDCP (Office for National Drug Control Policy) is “you can’t think straight when you smoke pot.” No one can argue with that obvious...
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