But it continues to arouse strong opposition, both for the advertisements it forces children to sit through and for the content of the programs between them.
Critics attack it from both extremes of the political spectrum.
At a Senate hearing earlier this year, Phyllis Schlafly of the Eagle Forum, known for her very conservative views, and Ralph Nader, an avatar of the anticorporate left, were united against Channel One. They and others contend that it wastes teaching time and undermines the moral authority of schools by beaming commercial messages to children who have little choice but to sit and watch. Definition 2. is illustrated in the example above.