Proof of Sesame Street/PBS targeting liberal bias at kids

This is a great example toward debunking the myth that there 'is no liberal bias' in the media. It's pretty much apparent that some extreme liberals intentionally target kids, hoping to 'get them started young' through subtle and subliminal media messages - this is a pretty embarrassing example of it

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...an-says-producers-crossed-line-fox-news-stab/

“Sesame Street” producers are getting criticized for a parody that appears to take a stab at Fox News, and the ombudsman for the show says that the criticism is justified.

In a two-year old episode that was rebroadcast on October 29, the 40-year-old PBS children’s show features Oscar the Grouch making the decision to star his own news network, called the Grouch News Network, or GNN. The skit features CNN’s Anderson Cooper filling in for Oscar as he chats with “Walter Cranky” and “Dan Rather-Not,” parodies on Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather.

But when a muppet caller decides that the news is not grouchy enough, she says she is changing the channel to Pox News.

“I am changing the channel,” the irate muppet says. “From now on, I am watching ‘Pox’ News. Now there is a trashy news show.”

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE "SESAME STREET" CLIP

Immediately following the re-broadcast, viewers wrote in to both FoxNews.com and PBS, complaining that the skit was a thinly-veiled jab at Fox and was hardly appropriate for “Sesame Street’s” extremely young audience. The fact that PBS is federally funded prompted viewers to express concern at the shows possible push of a political agenda.

Hours after the broadcast aired, FoxNews.com received e-mails from readers insisting they heard “Fox” and not “Pox.”

A West Virginia viewer told FoxNews.com that her "jaw dropped" when she heard the skit's "inappropriate" material.

"I want to let my son continue to watch the show," Melissa Elam said. "But at the same time I feel a call of action to stop it ... I'm going to be watching a lot more closely now.

The next day, a blogger for Breitbart’s Big Hollywood column slammed “Sesame Street” for its “clear” political message.

“I can’t even sit my kids in front of ‘Sesame Street’ without having to worry about the Left attempting to undermine my authority,” the blogger known as Stage Right wrote.

Sesame Workshop Vice President of Corporate Communications Ellen Lewis told FoxNews.com that the show was merely a parody and would never mention Fox News directly.

And while the script sent from Sesame Workshop’s public relations’ team to FoxNews.com read “Pox,” even the PBS ombudsman Michael Getler said he thought he heard “Fox” as well.

“Everybody who wrote to me heard this as ‘Fox News,’ and I can’t really blame them. When I went and watched the tape for the first time, I thought I heard “Fox” as well, perhaps because of the association one assumes when you hear “news” right after the word. However, when I watched and listened more carefully a second time, it was clear that the character said ‘Pox’ and not ‘Fox’ and the closed captioning that runs across the screen when the sound is muted also stated ‘Pox News.’”

Getler went on to criticize producers for allowing the segment to air.

“I don’t know what was in the head of the producers, but my guess is that this was one of those parodies that was too good to resist. But it should have been resisted. Broadcasters can tell parents whatever they think of Fox or any other network, but you shouldn’t do it through the kids.”

The majority of viewers seem to agree. According to polls conducted by AOL's Pop Eater sixty two percent of voters feel that "Sesame Street" has a liberal slant.

FoxNews.com's Joshua Rhett Miller contributed to this report.

 

So a children's show took a jab at Fox? Cry me a river.

 

You know, all this makes me want to do is watch Sesame Street again. Seriously, they were making fun of everyone there. Fox News doesn't get some sort of umbrella from the rain of people making fun of them.

 

Even the show's producers admitted it was uncalled for

 

It was a joke made for kids. Think about it. Oscar the grouch, trash, of course they're going to make a trashy joke. Uncalled for, I think it's funny. The producers can say what they want.

 

No they didn't.

 

and the ombudsman for the show says that the criticism is justified.

 

Look at his actual quote in the article, not the words that you and the article writer are trying to put in his mouth.

 

Not me. Anything that happy and optimistic creeps me the hell out. It's just not normal.

But if I had to guess I think the reason for the outrage is for the "trashy news show" comment.

 

What's wrong with trying to prevent our children from being brained washed by FAUX NEWS AND RUSH LIMPBALL and becoming lifelong members of the biggest cult in the history of the world. The only way to extract them from that bubble once their in it ,is an intervention kidnapping . You start feeding them protein again so their brains can return to logical thinking processes, deprogram them with massive doses of facts , truths, and logic and hopefully they can become useful and productive members of society again !

 

If you think this is bad, just wait until PBS is privatized! Soon those fake political ads aren't going to be so fake anymore...

I've already noticed that the muppets from Sesame Street have been out doing trial runs. Have you seen the one where Big Bird and Oscar appear on The Colbert Report?

Pointless Counter Pointless - Big Bird vs. Oscar the Grouch

 

All this tells me is that Fox News is populated with nothing more than whiny idiots with nothing better to do than whine about a children's show.

Hell, even Fox's own shows slammed Fox News Channel. I remember Bart Simpson saying he was responsible for the launch of the channel on an episode, and Family Guy made entire episodes slamming the drivel from the network.

 

REALLY ?! Is that the best ya got ?

 

Spoken like a true maddow leech. You takers crack me up.

 

I think he's telling us his prescription ran out....

 

ROTFLMAO

 

It's just one of those things that you realize you miss from another time. But seriously, no veggie monster. And yes, Fox is peeved over the trashy comment.