To be precise, here is a transcript of what GOP nominee Romney told the debate moderator, PBS News Hour Host Jim Lehrer:
"I'm sorry Jim, I'm gonna stop the subsidy to PBS. I like PBS, I love Big Bird, I actually like you too, but I'm going to stop borrowing money from China to pay for things we don't need."Articles on this story on the internet that you may find interesting reading include:
- Big Bird in the Presidential Debate: Mitt Romney advocates cutting funding for Sesame Street, PBS
- Battle of 'Sesame Street': Political fight over PBS has long history
- Big Bird vs. Mitt Romney: Sesame Street's Social Media Smackdown
- Mitt Romney's New 'Sesame Street' Theme Song Has Big Bird Singing the Blues
- Co-creator of 'Sesame Street' calls Mitt Romney 'silly' for wanting to pull plug on federal funding for PBS
- Muppets Fight Back! Sesame Street Strikes Back At Mitt Romney (PHOTOS)
- 'Sesame Street' Responds to Mitt Romney's Big Bird Mention in the Presidential Debates
2 comments:
It seems incongruous that the discussion of government subsidies of PBS should always come down to Sesame Street. How can a company that makes millions in merchandising every year become the poster child for government subsidized broadcasting when with the money this franchise makes, it should look far more like corporate welfare?
PBS and NPR may well be deserving of some form of support, but putting Big Bird front and center in its efforts to gain it would seem as disingenuous as putting the tiger forward as an endangered species to get a subsidy for Esso Oil.
I guess them's the breaks of being a liberal outlet during a republican administration.
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