PBS is a non-profit television network and home to Sesame Street.
The station is 50 per cent funded from private donations and the rest from government subsidies. By law, its news output is required to be fair and balanced.
Which is where Mitt comes in.
About 30 minutes into the verbal contest between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the former governor explained that he would cut what he considers non-essential items in the budget, including cuts to PBS, which employs debate moderator Jim Lehrer.
“I’m sorry Jim. I’m gonna stop the subsidy to PBS. I’m gonna stop other things,” Romney said. “I like PBS, I like Big Bird, I actually like you too.”
At that point, someone in the Twitterverse responded by creating a @FiredBigBird account, which within minutes] had almost 9,900 followers.
“I worked with Big Bird. I served with Big Bird. You, sir, are no Big Bird,” The Lance Arthur, @thelancearthur, of San Francisco tweeted.
Romney’s Big Bird Debate Comment Stirs Social Media (USA Today)
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