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Two new wannabe journalists at Channel One News.

January 4, 2013
Two new wannabe journalists at Channel One News.

  Channel One says of Kuang: “Jason graduated from SUNY Purchase with a BA in Journalism, and then went out into the world to pursue his journalism career, which started when he was an intern at Channel One. He is now a full-fledged staff member working on a little bit of everything.”  Going to...
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Age-inappropriate Teen.com gets promoted to middle school students by Channel One News.

December 9, 2012
Age-inappropriate Teen.com gets promoted to middle school students by Channel One News.


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The hypercommercial Channelone.com

November 16, 2012
The hypercommercial Channelone.com

Needing revenue, Channel One News is plastering ads all over its “current events” website as well as its in-classroom TV show.  
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Oh no, Lil Wayne on Channel One’s website.

October 30, 2012
Oh no, Lil Wayne on Channel One’s website.

    It’s not enough for Channel One News to give vile rapper Lil Wayne unprecedented access to millions of schoolchildren as they sit at their classroom desks. No, our reckless friends at Channel One just added Lil Wayne to their their website channelone.com. Putting Lil Wayne content on channelone.com assures that elementary school...
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Channel One News teaches: 1. Crime pays. 2. Never take a knife to a gun fight.

September 25, 2012
Channel One News teaches: 1. Crime pays. 2. Never take a knife to a gun fight.

Channel One’s content is becoming darker and darker. Channelone.com is exposing children of all ages to Channel One’s wide range of controversial advertisers. Promethean’s partnership with Channel One is proving to be an unmitigated disaster. Promethean has to take responsibility for exposing 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders to the toxic Channel One News brand....
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Find the movie ad on Channel One’s front page.

September 19, 2012
Find the movie ad on Channel One’s front page.


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With Channel One News the odds are always in favor of advertisers, not students.

August 17, 2012
With Channel One News the odds are always in favor of advertisers, not students.

  Above: Front page of the official website of Channel One News. Can you tell what these kiddie marketers think is the big news story of the day? It’s the midnight release!! Ads for Hunger Games DVDs and Blu-ray discs have been plastered over the entire website all week. Below: Guess who welcomed students...
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OMG! Channel One News is selling kids Blackberry cell phones.

February 20, 2012
OMG! Channel One News is selling kids Blackberry cell phones.


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Find the news.

February 19, 2012
Find the news.

The top of the home page of Channel One’s official news website for children (channelone.com). Channel One News is a youth marketing company.  
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Channel One News teases kids with references to Californication and Dexter.

January 2, 2012
Channel One News teases kids with references to Californication and Dexter.

 Why would Channel One News talk this way to children?    
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