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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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Another Violent Movie Gets Promoted In America’s Classrooms

October 10, 2002
Another Violent Movie Gets Promoted In America’s Classrooms

They just can’t give it up. Channel One should be cleaning up its act before the super critical November 15 Texas State Board of Education vote, but they can’t turn away from their Hollywood money train. DreamWorks needed kids to see its latest movie The Tuxedo and Channel One took their money and ran their movie commercial on...
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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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