From Jim Metrock: It’s good that Channel One employees are so health conscious. Intern Alexis Morgan says she’s a vegetarian. She thinks it is great that Maggie Rulli brings healthy snacks to the office every day. Ms. Morgan relates how the Channel One staff members love to exercise and how they all “eat a...
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A. for the first time fully realized that she has ruined her career by accepting a job at Channel One News. B. been informed that her employer has lost another 500,000 student viewers. C. faked a sneeze as a funny introduction to a story about how to beat a cold. From Jim Metrock: The...
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Storm had already caused a dozen deaths in U.S. when Channel One anchor Maggie Rulli gives bizarre intro to Sandy report. From Jim Metrock: The young people who read the news on Channel One News don’t have a lot of experience in legitimate journalism. They all have their personal mannerisms and quirks. Maggie Rulli...
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Two days before its release, Channel One News opens their classroom TV show with a plug for this 20th Century Fox movie. Compelling students to watch movie ads? Believe it or not, in 2012, that still makes sense to a dwindling number of school administrators in many low-achieving secondary schools.
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June 1, 2012 – And that’s a wrap. No more Channel One News until August 13. That’s assuming ZelnickMedia, Channel One’s ultimate owner, doesn’t quietly shut the doors on this financially struggling enterprise. Why no Channel One News during the summer? Don’t young people need a news source now that school is...
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Channelone.com replay of May 10 program blacks out two sections of its report on President Obama changing his position on gay marriage. What did Channel One show students that it won’t allow parents to see? Channel One’s obsession with covering gay rights issues becoming a problem for middle and elementary school administrators. ...
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From Jim Metrock: It didn’t take long for the new Channel One News anchor Maggie Rulli to show her lack of concern for journalistic integrity. At the start of the show she immediately introduces a Jessica Kumari promotional interview with the directors of a new Disney movie “Chimpanzee.” The movie was released on April...
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From Jim Metrock: I was thinking that the mysterious Australian named Josh Zepps, who occasionally shows up on Channel One News, would be a new reporter/anchor on the show. But last week Zepps introduced Maggie Rulli as a new Channel One reporter. Ms. Rulli quickly gets reporter billing on Channel One’s website. (below)...
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