DemsplayingBig Bird
Malkin, Michelle, Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Mitt Romney sure ruffled a lot of feathers over his proposal to eliminate taxpayer funding for government-sponsored TV. As soon as the GOP presidential candidate singled out PBS for cuts during the presidential debate in Denver, the hysterical squawking commenced.
Left-leaning celebrities immediately erupted on Twitter. "Mitt is smirky, sweaty, indignant and smug with an unsettling hint of hysteria. And he wants to kill BIG BIRD," actress Olivia Wilde despaired.
Social media activists called for a Million Muppet March on the National Mall to "show your support for Big Bird, Muppets, PBS and all that is good."
Indignant PBS, which employs not-so-neutral …
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Article title: DemsplayingBig Bird.
Contributors: Malkin, Michelle - Author.
Newspaper title: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Publication date: October 7, 2012.
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