When Romney threatened to fire Big Bird during the first presidential debate, I nearly fell off my chair reaching for my triple-lined Cookie Monster trash can - Did Romney just threaten a corporate takeover of Sesame Street!?!? It may seem far-fetched, but trust me on this....
First, let’s get one vital point out of the way. Romney lied when he stated that Big Bird
programming is “funded by money from China”. The lion’s share of Sesame
Street funding comes from charitable donors who receive no paid
advertising time for their contributions. Romney, on the
other hand, wants to hand Sesame Street over to corporate advertisers. In case you think I’m making this up, remember what Romney
actually said during the debate - “Sesame Street will be funded by
ads”!
So, why is “paid advertising” such a big deal?
For one thing, corporate advertisers can dictate what is being aired. If
advertisers don’t want Big Bird to talk about respect for the 47%, or if corporate advertisers prefer the Jim Lehrer News Hour to
be the Jim Lehrer Used to be the News Fabrication Hour, they won’t advertise on the network and it
will be forced off the air.
Which brings us to the second point regarding a corporate takeover of Big Bird - media bias. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
(CPB), which funds both PBS and NPR has strict regulations.
Unlike cable news networks, PBS cannot air
media bias or a blatant disregard for the truth in their news coverage or
they run the risk of losing their funding or be fined.
On the other hand, cable
news networks like FOX News don’t have those
restrictions. For example...
...Did you know that five FOX news program “contributors” – Karl Rove, John Bolton, Elaine Chao, Walid Phares and Pete Synder - are actually “Romney Campaign advisors” and did you know that in a new survey from Farleigh Dickinson University’s Public Mind, FOX News listeners were found to be “the worst-informed on domestic and international current events, while NPR listeners are the best informed”? (Note that the Farleigh Dickinson survey trend was also reported in seven other surveys.)
...Did you know that five FOX news program “contributors” – Karl Rove, John Bolton, Elaine Chao, Walid Phares and Pete Synder - are actually “Romney Campaign advisors” and did you know that in a new survey from Farleigh Dickinson University’s Public Mind, FOX News listeners were found to be “the worst-informed on domestic and international current events, while NPR listeners are the best informed”? (Note that the Farleigh Dickinson survey trend was also reported in seven other surveys.)
Before Mr. Romney transformed into Mr. Moderate (wink - wink) during his final debate, the real Romney campaigned for nearly two years pledging to destroy educational opportunities available to the 47% - cuts to
government assistance for college, cuts to pre-kindergarten educational
opportunities, cuts to school nutritional programs - the list goes on and on.
Can you imagine what educational programming – if any –
will take place if Romney and his Super Pacs score a corporate takeover of Sesame Street…
THREE! - Three Big Birds for sale!
FOUR- Four Big Birds for sale!
FIVE - Five Big Birds for sale.....
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA
FIVE - Five Big Birds for sale.....
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA
Sources:
Sesame Street’s Funding” Shows Co
Creator Slams Mitt Romney
Supporters Sesame Street
Yet another Survey: Fox News
Viewers Worst- Informed, NPR Listeners Best-Informed
Seven Surveys make a trend for
Fox and Viewers
Media Bias: Going Beyond Fair and
Balanced
No Frills, No Bells, No Whistles
(Jim Lehrer News Hour)
GOTTA VOTE
Early
Get Registered > Check Status > Report Abuse > Vote!
http://vote-usa.org/ (ballot info)
http://reed.edu/earlyvoting/calendar/ (early
voting info)
http://www.longdistancevoter.org/voter_registration_deadlines#.UHLl2ZhWyuI (registration
deadlines)
No comments:
Post a Comment