Conservative slams Oscar the Grouch for criticizing Fox News
By John Byrne
Forget Tinky-Winky, or whatever his name was.
Meet Oscar the Grouch.
A conservative blogger at Andrew Breitbart's "Big Hollywood" website -- the onetime right-hand man for conservative maven Matt Drudge -- is now targeting Sesame Street for its "unfair" portrayal of Fox News as "trashy news show."
Evidently, Oscar the Grouch's "GNN" is not trashy enough.
(Oscar, the furry green puppet, if you remember, lives in a trash can.)
During a Sesame Street segment, Oscar finds himself interviewing a puppet celebrity.
A crabby viewer calls in to rebuke him after one of his subjects begins kissing him.
“I am changing the channel," the viewer crows.
"From now on I am watching ‘Pox’ News. Now there is a trashy news show.”
Breitbart's "Stage Right" blogger will have none of it -- even though the episode was originally broadcast two years ago and only recently re-aired.
"If Mom and Dad watch cable news, it’s better than 50/50 they watch 'POX News,'" the blogger pens.
"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," the blogger continues.
"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."
Breitbart's blogger is even upset that Fox News stars don't get kitschy nicknames.
"Later in the episode, Anderson Cooper from 4th place CNN, guest stars as a reporter for GNN," notes the vexed Sesame-watcher.
"He interacts with 'Walter Cranky' and 'Dan Rather-Not' — Muppets representing real-life liberal news personalities — and they talk about 'Meredith Beware-a' and 'Diane Spoiler.' But no affectionate nicknames for Fox News personalities; no Spill O’Reilly or Brittle Hume — nope, and the only disparaging characterization of real-world news is reserved for Fox: Fox is a POX. It is trashy. They didn’t even attempt to try 'MessyNBC.'"
(Tinky-Winky, by the way, was a Teletubby singled out by evangelist Jerry Falwell for carrying a purse and allegedly acting gay.)
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Aw, c'mon. Enough already. How ridiculous can rightards get? Don't answer that.
> Conservative slams Oscar the Grouch for criticizing Fox News
> By John Byrne
> Forget Tinky-Winky, or whatever his name was.
> Meet Oscar the Grouch.
> A conservative blogger at Andrew Breitbart's "Big Hollywood" website > -- the onetime right-hand man for conservative maven Matt Drudge -- is > now targeting Sesame Street for its "unfair" portrayal of Fox News as > "trashy news show."
> Evidently, Oscar the Grouch's "GNN" is not trashy enough.
> (Oscar, the furry green puppet, if you remember, lives in a trash > can.)
> During a Sesame Street segment, Oscar finds himself interviewing a > puppet celebrity.
> A crabby viewer calls in to rebuke him after one of his subjects > begins kissing him.
> “I am changing the channel," the viewer crows.
> "From now on I am watching ‘Pox’ News. Now there is a trashy news > show.”
> Breitbart's "Stage Right" blogger will have none of it -- even though > the episode was originally broadcast two years ago and only recently > re-aired.
> "If Mom and Dad watch cable news, it’s better than 50/50 they watch > 'POX News,'" the blogger pens.
> "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," the blogger continues.
> "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."
> Breitbart's blogger is even upset that Fox News stars don't get > kitschy nicknames.
> "Later in the episode, Anderson Cooper from 4th place CNN, guest stars > as a reporter for GNN," notes the vexed Sesame-watcher.
> "He interacts with 'Walter Cranky' and 'Dan Rather-Not' — Muppets > representing real-life liberal news personalities — and they talk > about 'Meredith Beware-a' and 'Diane Spoiler.' But no affectionate > nicknames for Fox News personalities; no Spill O’Reilly or Brittle > Hume — nope, and the only disparaging characterization of real-world > news is reserved for Fox: Fox is a POX. It is trashy. They didn’t even > attempt to try 'MessyNBC.'"
> (Tinky-Winky, by the way, was a Teletubby singled out by evangelist > Jerry Falwell for carrying a purse and allegedly acting gay.)
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> Aw, c'mon. Enough already. How ridiculous can rightards get? Don't > answer that.
> Harry
Just more gubmint brainwashing of the little children by the marxist administration.
> Conservative slams Oscar the Grouch for criticizing Fox News > ------- > Aw, c'mon. Enough already. How ridiculous can rightards get? Don't > answer that.
> Harry
Why is it ridiculous? PBS is PUBLIC television, and receives federal funding. Democrats were recently babbling about the need for a new "fairness doctrine" for ALL broadcast stations, even those that are privately owned. Therefore, if Sesame Street is going to poke fun at Fox, it must be fair by poking fun at other news channels, particularly MSNBC. Now there's a trashy news channel! (Sometimes I can barely understand what Rachel Maddow is saying because her tongue is stuck in Obama's buttocks or her mouth is full of his semen.)
Why PBS would even permit this is mystifying, since it (along with NPR) have been the target of rightards for years for their supposedly "liberal bias" (meaning they don't squawk the Republican party line like Fox). As a fan of both PBS and NPR, I have never detected this alleged bias, but this Sesame Street incident gives the Republicans the ammunition they need to cut off funding.
> > Conservative slams Oscar the Grouch for criticizing Fox News > > ------- > > Aw, c'mon. Enough already. How ridiculous can rightards get? Don't > > answer that.
> > Harry
> Why is it ridiculous? PBS is PUBLIC television, and receives federal > funding. Democrats were recently babbling about the need for a new > "fairness doctrine" for ALL broadcast stations, even those that are > privately owned. Therefore, if Sesame Street is going to poke fun at > Fox, it must be fair by poking fun at other news channels,
They did. They hit CNN.
Of course, if you listen to Hannity, Limbaugh or Beck, you'd never know that. It's intentional. You're not meant to know.
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