Sesame Workshop asks Obama Campaign to take the Big Bird ad down?

[trailmonkee]

?? you would think the campaign would have looked into this first? Maybe they new this ahead of time, but figured the ad would have gone viral by then? anyhow, bummer

http://www.sesameworkshop.org/our-blog/2012/10/09/sesame-workshop-response-to-campaign-ads/

Sesame Workshop Response to Campaign Ads
Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not endorse candidates or participate in political campaigns. We have approved no campaign ads, and as is our general practice, have requested that the ad be taken down.

[flamingdem]

1. In this case I understand because they cannot take a political stance

The Obama campaign probably expected this but it's okay since the ad has already gone viral.

[avebury]

2. I don't look at the ad as indicating that Sesame Street

is taking a side in the political ad. I see it as the Democrats taking Romney's comment and showing how ridiculous Romney is for focusing on PBS versus the crimes of Wall Street, the money spent on PBS vs the projected amount that Romney wants to put into military spending. The ad just shows how out of touch Romney is. Heck, he isn't even going to to the Nickelodeon event so that he wouldn't have to answer questions from kids.

[jberryhill]

3. This was predictable