POX News Under Attack By Sesame Street

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My kind of story.  A conservative blogger is raising a stink over a two year old episode of Sesame Street which was re-broadcast last week.  Here’s how Big Hollywood tells the sorry tale.

Add one more soldier to the Left’s war on Fox News:  Oscar the Grouch.

Last week, in a re-broadcast of an episode that originally aired two years ago, Oscar starts his own news network, GNN (Grouchy News Network).  An irate viewer calls in to berate him that the news is not grouchy enough:

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

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.

Here’s the segment our conservative friend is upset about.
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The anger gets more intense.

Later in the episode, Anderson Cooper from 4th place CNN, guest stars as a reporter for GNN.  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.”

Funny. He’s complaining because Sesame Street didn’t mock any of Fox’s clowns. I’m not understanding the anger here. Is Fox not a pox on fair and balanced journalism?  Is Sesame Street not allowed to be fair and balanced itself? And, is Fox not trashy? Where’s the problem. I’m not getting it.

And here’s his closing.

“Sesame Street” can awkwardly slam FoxNews from the comfort of their stodgy old PBS studios… Meanwhile, we have the cool kids on our side: Dennis Miller, Greg Gutfeld, Andrew Breitbart and yes, even Glenn Beck. And our cool kids are pointing out just how boring, lame, predictable and lazy the other side has become.  No longer will middle-America sit back and feel powerless as these snobs pass judgment on what we find to be informative and entertaining.

We no longer  NEED their approval. We see them for what they are: bitter, pompous and desperate.

Sheesh.  I was willing to say ‘ok’ but then he blew it when he tells us that Glenn Beck is a cool kid.  If he’s right about Beck, then George W. Bush was a smart kid.

If “Mom and Dad” watch Fox News for entertainment, wonderful. But if they watch trashy Pox to get “informed”, then they deserve all the mocking that Oscar and the guys can dish out. Someone’s got to educate these kids on mommy and daddy’s nasty viewing habits. Why not Sesame Street?

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