Voters Defend Big Bird on Twitter After Presidential Debate
What do you think about cutting funding to PBS? Gov. Mitt Romney said during the presidential debate that although he likes Big Bird, he wants to slash subsidies to the public broadcasting network.
One of the more memorable moments from last night's debate occured when Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that although he likes Big Bird, he is planning on cutting subsidies to PBS.
"I'm sorry, Jim," Romney said to moderator Jim Lehrer, a PBS newscaster. "I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I like you too.
That comment came during the beginning of the debate. By the end of the debate, Twitter was buzzing. "Big Bird" was trending, and @BigBirdRomney had been created and already had more than 6,000 followers.
Many images made their way onto Twitter, including one with Big Bird holding a sign that says "Will Work For Food."
What did you think of Romney's 'Big Bird' comment? Should the federal government subsidize PBS? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Andy Brown
9:47 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Yes, the federal government should continue supporting PBS. An informed electorate is the basis of our democracy. The right and left do great jobs keeping their bases fired up but for truly fair and balanced coverage of events tune into PBS. Oh, it's also a great place for kids to learn. Just like Mitt to want to fire Big Bird!
Carlos Baerga
7:22 pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Please give me a break about this non-issue. if anyone on here has children, they'd know that PBS licenses out Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Ernie and Burt to everything from diapers to pencils. They are awash in Sesame Street money and the rest of the station lives off them and off the public purse. Sesame Street will survive, easily. it's the other liberal slanted programming on PBS that could never withstand market scrutiny. They'd still have legs on MSNBC, the channel for misguided liberals.
It's wonderous to me that we just watched a sitting U.S. President have his clock cleaned by a guy eminently more informed about issues and clearly superior in debating skills and the great unwashed choose to focus on a cartoon character.
Andy Brown
6:19 am on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Agreed that Sesame Street has done an amazing job of marketing and monetizing their brand. Disagree that PBS slants left. They're not MSNBC or FOX, they're one of the few neutral sources for in-depth news coverage.
Your characterization of liberals as "misguided" and "unwashed" makes your loyalties quite clear. Lots of luck in the next three debates. In the end, the American people will decide on the nations course for the next four years.
Umberto Eco
1:13 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Romney's Big Bird line will go down as one the greatest debate zingers of all time.