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As advertised on Channel One News: Stoner movie Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000)

June 28, 2012
As advertised on Channel One News: Stoner movie Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000)

Channel One News has advertised numerous movies that were age-inappropriate due to drug and alcohol content and sexual content. One of the worst was the “stoner comedy” Dude, Where’s My Car? in December, 2000 and January 2001. The entire movie was one big drug joke which normalized the use of marijuana among young people....
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Footloose content no problem for Folkemer and Haehl

October 14, 2011

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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Guest Host Plugs Questionable Show

November 7, 2004

From Jim Metrock: On Friday, November 5, schoolchildren forced to watch Channel One News saw their second “special” news anchor for the week. Jeremy Sumpter co-hosted the entire Channel One broadcast for middle and high school students. Sumpter is a TV actor for a struggling CBS show called Clubhouse. (On Monday, UPN paid to have an actress from their...
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This Is Why You Don’t Advertise Movies In Schools

April 9, 2004

Right now there is a “children’s” movie in the theaters that features a main character abusing inhalants. “Huffing” is the term and it is a real problem for a growing number of children. Huffing kills kids. It is irresponsible for a movie aimed at kids to normalize inhalant abuse. The movie is “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.” It was advertised on Channel One News....
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The Thugs Strike Again

March 3, 2004
The Thugs Strike Again

Snoop Dogg On Channel One From Jim Metrock: I am close to being speechless. Unfortunately for our “friends” at Channel One News, I still have the ability to type words. I should be finishing my reporting from the NASSP convention. I will get around to that later. When I arrived back in Birmingham, I had a videocassette in my...
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Channel One Fat Cats Make Big Money Pushing Sleaze On Kids

August 22, 2002

Channel One won’t be cranking up their movie ads until September or October of this current school year. Right now, Channel One is running public service announcements because not all schools are in session yet. Here is the last Channel One movie ad from May of this year. It is a typical filthy movie that has made Channel...
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Channel One Brings Back Marketing PG13 Movies To Middle Schools

August 8, 2002

Well, it didn’t last long. In 2000, Channel One was shamed into stopping the practice of advertising PG-13 movies in middle schools. Channel One’s lobbyists went into overdrive getting the message out that Channel One was being sensitive to their middle school audience. A little background; Although to a classroom teacher, Channel One News looks like a seamless...
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Channel One Pushes Drug Movie On Children

December 23, 2000
Channel One Pushes Drug Movie On Children

                Dude, Where’s My Car? (PG13 Drug content, profanity, sexual content)   20th Century Fox recently made the decision to move up their distribution of their “pothead” movie “Dude, Where’s My Car?” from spring 2001 to December 15. They had to act quickly to market this drug movie to teens and...
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