Sesame Street Urges Obama Campaign To Drop Big Bird Ad
by BBC News (U.S.)
BBC News
October 9th, 2012
This article is all about the Obama campaign's latest and most famous ad, starring the beloved Big Bird from Sesame Street. In the first presidential debate, Mitt Romney said he'd cut funding for organizations like PBS which NPR (National Public Radio), which includes Sesame Street. The ad made fun of Romney, saying that he was focusing irrelevant things. The Sesame Workshop, claimed they were not involved in any campaigns, nor were they behind any particular candidate, and they asked for the ad o be taken down. Ben Labolt, an Obama spokesman said, "the campaign was considering the request." Kevin Madden, a Romney spokesman, said he found it concerning that the President was focusing on such silly things, like Big Bird, with the election was so close. Polls showed that Romney led 49% to Obama's 47% for likely voters, but Obama led in the same poll for registered voters.
This article could be critical for swing voters in that it shows what Romney is willing to cut and what his spending priorities are, but it also shows the Obama campaign focusing on a single comment and attacking Romney for it. The author of this article is neutral, only reporting on the article and what the Sesame Workshop had to say about it.
People who were considering voting for Romney may not be in favor of his potential spending and cutting, but potential Obama voters might not like that the campaign was singling out Romney's statement with the election coming up.
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19887220
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