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Sesame Street, Last Gasp of the Monoculture, Faces Existential Threat
For decades, shows like Sesame Street practically raised many kids. Today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's culture wars and shifting media landscape.
Debunking the PBS Myth: What Happens if Trump Defunds It
Rural areas and children from low-income households may be the most impacted if federal funding is revoked The post Debunking ...
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What's happening on 'Sesame Street'? Elmo, Big Bird and friends face uphill battle amid budget cuts and congressional spotlight
in Washington, D.C. on March 26, 2025. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images) ...
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Watch SZA sing a song about kindness on Sesame Street
SZA, backed by Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and Gabrielle, appeared on the latest episode of Sesame Street. Watch her guest spot now.
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GOP Lawmakers Warn PBS And NPR CEOs They Want To Defund Public Media — Update
NPR's Katherine Maher and PBS' Paula Kerger at House hearing on public broadcasting funding. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images UPDATED ... up Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street.
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Republicans accuse NPR, PBS of bias at House hearing; Democrats rebuke it as a partisan attack
Robert Garcia (D-CA) speaks in front of poster of Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie during ... Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images Later in the hearing, Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., ...
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Republican lawmakers seek to put PBS and NPR in the hot seat
Rodriguez/Getty Images A U.S. House subcommittee has called ... who wrote in 2017, “If ‘Sesame Street’ programming were put up for auction, the danger would be of getting trampled by the ...
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How ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ Introduced the ‘First Lady of Children’s Music’ to a Large National Audience
When musician Ella Jenkins appeared on the show, she brought Black diasporic music and her signature songs to televisions ...
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MTG pitting Elon's DOGE against NPR and PBS is a literal hot mess
He didn’t know that “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” is not affiliated with “Sesame Street ... (DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)Committee member Greg Casar, D-Texas, piled onto ...
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Republican lawmakers seek to put PBS and NPR in the hot seat
Katherine Maher of NPR, at left, and Paula Kerger of PBS are scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill about the federal funding their organizations receive. (StephenVoss/NPR and Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty ...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene wages war against PBS and NPR in latest battle against "wokeness"
Washington DC - MAGA Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is waging war against the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) in the next big battle against "wokeness." On ...