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The Green Hornet stings taxpayers.
Sony Pictures picked the pocket of taxpayers when they used public school time to promote the movie The Green Hornet on Channel One News. Movies are constantly being advertised on Channel One News. Many like this one movie have troubling content.
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MuffinMilk? Four minutes of taxpayer-funded school time wasted.
From Jim Metrock: Channel One News is controversial for many reasons. One is the fact that the program doesn’t cover much news. The main purpose of the program is to get advertising in front of a captive audience of students. Covering lots of news stories is expensive. So Channel One News doesn’t...
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Pop Quiz
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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Bristol, VA Schools Dump Channel One News
“Schools also will claim the 10 minutes devoted each day to Channel One, a student-produced information program.” http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/bristol_virginia_school_board_adds_minutes_to_school_day/42334/ It’s all about time. In 2010, there are few schools in the situation where they can waste one hour a week watching a controversial, commercial TV show.
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What A Waste
This video is from the December 1, 2009 Channel One News program. Channel One News is suppose to be about news, current events. That was the promise made to schools. Channel One however can’t afford to report much news. Instead they fill their “news” program with “filler” stories like this one. Nothing in this...
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Hard News? C1 Devotes Huge Part Of Program To Nebraska vs. Miami Rose Bowl Coverage
Below is a portion of today’s Channel One News script. You can read the full script at channeloneteacher.com. Channel One spends so much time on “filler” that there is little time for substance. It has been this way since its inception. Few parents understand the waste of time that goes on when Channel One’s TV show is blaring away in...
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15 Years of Learning Lost in 2 Minutes
On January 22, Channel One did its first story on the Inauguration of President Bush. Then, after the commercial break, a Channel One “reporter” named Derrick Shore does an extended story about a “Channel One high school” from Illinois (Marion Catholic HS, Chicago Heights, IL) that is marching in the Inaugural parade. This is a silly report...
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