Posted on 03/31/2025 9:02:02 AM PDT by DallasBiff
The future of the long-running children's TV show Sesame Street is in jeopardy after a U.S. House DOGE subcommittee called the chief executive of PBS to Capitol Hill to testify on Wednesday, with a potential aim of wiping out its funding.
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This reminds me so much of any state or county funding cuts. They will first fire teachers and park rangers, curtail park hours, increase class sizes, reduce classroom time, etc. Their gut reaction is ALWAYS to stick it to us citizens. "We'll show YOU!! Pay us or Big Bird gets it!"
I've been in many companies where we have had to cut expenses by more than 15%. You can do that with targeted cuts and cutting out wasteful spending.
They don't need to cut Burt, Ernie and Big Bird. It's the same old game.
Every time, there are attempts to stop guv. funding of PBS, this old canard emerges.
I saw a photo of Elmo keying a tesla. I say heck no! Lol
It seems to me that Sesame Street was one of the first contributors the the shortened attention spans that children seem to have today. If it’s not a new, exciting thing popping up every 30 seconds, kids lose interest. A living teacher in a classroom doesn’t stand a chance to hold their attention during a math lesson, unless they juggle chainsaws in between each problem they put on the board.
Children’s Workshop made significant demands for HBO to carry their new episodes before it went to PBS, the went to Max after HBO balked at the renewal of the contract, and finally lost the contract with Max when what they were offering the subscription channel was even more limited.
If it loses PBS funding, it has literally tens of thousands of licensing deals to fall back on for income. And someone will carry on broadcasting it.
That the American people don’t have these licensing deals for what they paid for is the problem here.
“Those few who watch every day for 40 years might see some repeats but they likely have other problems to worry about.”
LOL...love your snark! Glad to see you’re worried about those people in straitjackets at the “Happy Dale Home.”
Because of the loss of 1% of its funding?
My father told me that SS was communist back in the 60s/early 70s, and not to watch it.
If you take the animated and Muppet only sequences, you could run the show indefinitely
I guess the argument for supporting Sesame Street is that it's "educational." Given the state of education today, my question would be, what evidence is there that Sesame Street is beneficial in any way?
That’s true! Let Sesame Street be privately funded by the Jim Hanson company.
Correct.
Please. SS swag has been raking it in for FREAKIN’ DECADES!!
It’s a TV babysitter......................
I still have my Cookie Monster stuffed doll from when I was a kid.
Women and children hardest hit.
One can only hope...
Disney owns it Newsfake.
Morons.
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