| did anyone else (in the US) watch "Channel One" in middle and/or high school? --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News > Channel One was controversial[12] largely because of the commercial content of the show. Critics claimed that it was a problem in classrooms because it forced children to watch ads and wasted class time and tax dollars.[13] Supporters argued that the ads were necessary to help keep the program running and lease TVs, VCRs, and satellite dishes to schools, as well as commercial-free educational video through Channel One Connection. In 2006, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported that research indicated that children who watched Channel One remembered the commercials more than they remembered the news.[14] > Another criticism, noted by Media Education Foundation's documentary Captive Audience, was that very little time was dedicated to actual news and that the majority of the programming was corporate marketing and PR tie-ins to promote products and services, arguing that it further corrupted the school setting with consumerism. [15] --- it was an ABC news network show (also, in hindsight, a kind of "farm league" for later news network talent, lol) for middle and high school kids, and it was roughly 33% advertisements. I guess maybe it's not a thing anymore? but, man... every other commercial on the damn thing—at least when I was in middle and high school—was for various prescription acne treatments. kind of messed up when you think about it, explicitly targeting prescription medications in advertisements that legally underage youths are mandated to watch by their local governments school systems due to them making deals with news networks, all funded by advertising, both pharmaceutical and otherwise. pretty dystopian and fucked up when you think about it, in hindsight. hmm. |