Yahoo has released several lists of the top keywords that searchers were using in 2012. It ranked 5th for “Top Searched Meme.” These are things that go extremely viral and spread quickly over a short period of time. The term “Big Bird” became viral after one of the presidential debates between President Barack Obama and …
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Sesame Street Fans Plan Million Puppet March
Sesame Street is not about politics, but it has involuntarily been tossed into the political realm. During the last presidential debate, Mitt Romney brought up the fact he would try to cut federal funding to PBS if he is elected. That brought out an ad from the Obama campaign that mocked Mitt Romney going after …
Big Bird a Political Magnet
Big Bird has become more a part of the political campaign than the folks at Sesame Street would like. It is no secret that some political candidates have proposed cutting funding for PBS, which distributes Sesame Street through its local stations in the United States. This has been a hot topic for several years now. …
A Sesame Street Funded by Advertisements?
Sesame Street and other shows on PBS have been scrutinized in recent years as government officials have been trying to decide on how much funding they should actually receive from the federal government. One Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, suggested that Sesame Street and other PBS shows should be paid for by advertisements, like the …