Accuracy in Media

It is a really good job by Sesame Street to include teaching in a parody of a popular TV show (technically a streamed TV show). What do you think about it?

Tuesday night on MSNBC’s Hardball, Chris Matthews showed his disdain for the new Obama campaign ad featuring Sesame Street character Big Bird, calling it “Mickey Mouse.” You would think the Obama campaign would want to start looking forward toward the V.P. debate and the two remaining presidential debates. Today, the Obama camp released this ad, […]

When most people think of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s education programs, they remember the gentle Mr. Rogers welcoming children to his home, or documentaries offering exciting encounters with whales and other exotic creatures. These shows still exist. But CPB today produces lessons that glorify the Black Panthers and riots and protests of the 1960s, present […]