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Sesame Street Mocks "Pox News," Conservative Blogger Not Amused

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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 02:33 PM
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Sesame Street Mocks "Pox News," Conservative Blogger Not Amused
It's Sesame Street's 40th anniversary and while Google is celebrating with Big Bird's feet, we are more interested in Oscar the Grouch's latest antics. Yes, it seems the surly, trash-can-living muppet is busting out his reporter chops these days and much to the dismay of his audience he's being all lovey-dovey with his interviewees. At the end of the segment one of his viewers calls to tell him she's changing the channel, "From now on I am watching 'Pox' News. Now there is a trashy news show."

Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood site is not amused. The blogger Stage Right writes:

"If Mom and Dad watch cable news, it's better than 50/50 they watch 'POX News.' So what gives? PBS -- a network partially funded with my tax dollars -- has the right to tell my kids that their parents watch 'trashy' news? The message is clear, I can't even sit my kids in front of 'Sesame Street' without having to worry about the Left attempting to undermine my authority. And don't tell me, 'If you don't like it change the channel.' There are no channels left! It's everywhere. Just last week I had Obama's service and volunteerism promoted on every single major network, including Disney and Nickelodeon."

Of course Sesame Street spoofs just about everything and Oscar was reporting for "GNN" the "Grouchy News Network," but that didn't sate Stage Right.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/04/sesame-street-...
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   "Pox News" aside... what the hell does "service and volunteerism" have to do with the issue?  Puzzler   Nov-04-09 02:41 PM   #1 
   I just saw that! Was going to post..until I saw you already had.  BrklynLiberal   Nov-04-09 02:42 PM   #2 
   If Mom and Dad watch Fox News, more than likely they're not letting their kids watch PBS anyway.  gatorboy   Nov-04-09 02:45 PM   #3 
   That skit is at least a year old.  Renew Deal   Nov-04-09 03:00 PM   #4 
   I posted this yesterday...  Ian David   Nov-04-09 03:04 PM   #5 
   Oh, please  blogslut   Nov-04-09 03:09 PM   #6 
   Comedy is our greatest weapon  C_U_L8R   Nov-04-09 03:10 PM   #7 
   something ironic about a conservative objecting to Oscar the Grouch  PretzelWarrior   Nov-04-09 03:10 PM   #8 
   Babies can watch it without whining...  rucky   Nov-04-09 03:13 PM   #9 
   Because babies can discern between entertainment and information  Chulanowa   Nov-04-09 03:45 PM   #13 
   Breitbart is a skidmark on the tighty whities of the nation  sharp_stick   Nov-04-09 03:16 PM   #10 
   This part is tres weird....  jberryhill   Nov-04-09 03:22 PM   #11 
   At last, a worthy opponent for the wingnut right  gratuitous   Nov-04-09 03:29 PM   #12 
   Sesame street teaching the virtues of honesty and a right wing blowhard has a cow  depakid   Nov-04-09 03:47 PM   #14 
   However, "conservative blogger" IS amusing.  LynnTheDem   Nov-04-09 03:49 PM   #15 
   OFFS. nt  Tommy_Carcetti   Nov-04-09 03:51 PM   #16 
   Whatever sticks they throw it against the wall  DainBramaged   Nov-04-09 04:04 PM   #17 
   "undermining my authority"?  Canuckistanian   Nov-04-09 05:43 PM   #18 
 
Puzzler (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 02:41 PM
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1. "Pox News" aside... what the hell does "service and volunteerism" have to do with the issue?
Edited on Wed Nov-04-09 02:48 PM by Puzzler
OK, so it's promoted by Obama, and I'm sure many other presidents from both parties have promoted the same (or similar) issues in the past.

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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 02:42 PM
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2. I just saw that! Was going to post..until I saw you already had.Updated at 12:11 AM
What a bunch of whining assholes the repukes are...
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gatorboy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 02:45 PM
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3. If Mom and Dad watch Fox News, more than likely they're not letting their kids watch PBS anyway.
Maybe Veggie Tales or the 700 Club. Possibly some cage match.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-04-09 03:00 PM
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4. That skit is at least a year old.
They just noticed?
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 03:04 PM
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5. I posted this yesterday...Updated at 5:48 PM
Oscar The Grouch Trashes Fox "News" on Sesame Street. Reich-wingers go nuts.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 03:09 PM
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6. Oh, please
Please attack Sesame Street you clueless, wingnits wingnuts wingnitpickers.
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 03:10 PM
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7. Comedy is our greatest weapon
and how revealing that this fweeper is so concerned about his "authority" being undermined.
I believe at the root of all their teabagging tantrums is that little truth of insecurity.
And the truth is no one takes the right wingers seriously.. and for sure, they get no respect at all.
They are frightened little twits shouting at time for leaving them behind.
Pathetic really.
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 03:10 PM
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8. something ironic about a conservative objecting to Oscar the Grouch
since they share the same DNA.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-04-09 03:13 PM
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9. Babies can watch it without whining...
why can't the right?
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Chulanowa Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 03:45 PM
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13. Because babies can discern between entertainment and information
Adults have worked hard to break down that barrier.
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sharp_stick Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 03:16 PM
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10. Breitbart is a skidmark on the tighty whities of the nation
he has no cause to bitch and moan about taxation. He has no real purpose or usefulness in society.
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 03:22 PM
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11. This part is tres weird....

"Just last week I had Obama's service and volunteerism promoted on every single major network, including Disney and Nickelodeon."

Does it occur to these people that the President of the United States might be promoting that sort of thing, regardless of whom he or she is?

Good night... Laura Bush's promotion of adult literacy programs was great. Did anyone have a problem with that? It's what we expect these people to do.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 03:29 PM
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12. At last, a worthy opponent for the wingnut right
Puppets and children's shows. Next up: Buttons for conservatives to wear saying "I Whipped Big Bird's Ass!"
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 03:47 PM
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14. Sesame street teaching the virtues of honesty and a right wing blowhard has a cow
Edited on Wed Nov-04-09 03:47 PM by depakid
Color me surprised.
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 03:49 PM
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15. However, "conservative blogger" IS amusing.
And dumb.
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16. OFFS. nt
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17. Whatever sticks they throw it against the wall
but this asshole shouldn't be messin' with Sesame Street, I don't care what a parent's political affiliation is, they will NOT put up with their kids' heroes being attacked for something as stoopid as this.
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18. "undermining my authority"?
He thinks a blue furry homunculus in a garbage can is "undermining his authority"?
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