[1_Rain_Drop]

Seriously??!!! This has to be a joke.
They broadcast CNN in schools?
WHY am I paying school taxes? So kids can watch tv?

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

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[ponygirl]

Oh yeah, I remember the in-school news channel being planned in the late '80s... they were planning a student journalism channel (kid broadcasters), can't remember the name of the channel, but it was being done by CNN if I recall correctly.

It's the same thing as CNN in airports. They get paid for people being forced to watch it. They're under contract for all the airports and, apparently, the schools too.

People who know marketing know that brands become embedded in your habits very early on. If your mom served you Fruit Loops for breakfast, you are very unlikely to switch to Fruity-Ohs later in life, even if they are the exact same no-nutritional-value thing.