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Channel One News Hall of Shame: Dr. Folkemer’s unethical letter to principals (April 20, 2000)

June 24, 2012
Channel One News Hall of Shame: Dr. Folkemer’s unethical letter to principals (April 20, 2000)

  Channel One treats principals like stooges. Expects school administrators to do their bidding. From Jim Metrock: There is no school vendor that acts like Channel One. Can you imagine a building contractor in competition for a major school construction job, contacting principals asking them to lobby the school board in the company’s favor?...
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Channel One News Hall of Shame: Stealth TV (2001)

January 14, 2012

“Channel One’s then-president bragged to a youth marketing conference in 1994, ‘The biggest selling point to advertisers … we are forcing kids to watch two minutes of commercials… . The advertiser gets a group of kids who cannot go to the bathroom, who cannot change the station, who cannot listen to their mother yell in the background,...
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