Fox News host talks race by calling out the real enemy: Sesame Street's Elmo

[turbinetree]

In response to a family-oriented CNN town hall on racism Tucker Carlson launched an attack on the much-loved furry red muppet

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/10/fox-news-sesame-street-elmo-tucker-carlson#img-1

The rightwing Fox News host Tucker Carlson launched an unprecedented attack on the beloved Sesame Street puppet Elmo on Tuesday night, after Elmo and his father, Louie, discussed racism in a one-off town hall episode on rival channel CNN.

Carlson, who has described white supremacy in America as a “hoax”, was upset by the children’s show, which addressed the anti-racism protests that are taking place across the US. Rather than educating viewers on systemic racism, Sesame Street, Carlson said, was telling its audience: “America is a very bad place.”

In the hour-long episode of the children’s show – a collaboration with CNN which is available online – Elmo’s father, Louie, explained that protesters “want to end racism”. Hundreds of thousands of people have attended anti-racism demonstrations since George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police.

“They are sad and upset, and they have every right to be, Elmo. People are upset because racism is a huge problem in our country,” Louie said. “Racism is when people treat other people unfairly because of the way they look or the color of their skin.”

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/10/fox-news-sesame-street-elmo-tucker-carlson

Think its long past due that the next time a democrat goes on his show, they should ask what shows do /did his kids watch, if not Sesame Street...........I grew up on Captain Kangaroo

[Nevilledog]

1. Not the Onion

*sigh*

[JHB]

2. More Performance Outrage from Bowtie Boy

[struggle4progress]

3. It's not easy being green

[sanatanadharma]

5. Property values: Peter, Paul & Mary sing thin Big Blue frog lines

[hunter]

4. Elmo's dad made Tucker Carlson cry.

It's so sad. Everybody on Sesame Street is talking about it.

[kimbutgar]

6. I like that Disney is cancelling commercials on his show.

Revenge of Elmo!

[SheltieLover]

9. Are they really?

Good for them!!!

[jcgoldie]

7. Purple lives matter

For fucks sake. Maybe we can enlist Elmo to fight the war on christmas next...

[mr_lebowski]

8. Tucker knows nobody who watches his show give two shits about 'facts'

They want a story told to them about the bad ol' Liberals/Democrats for an hour or however long his show is.

BTW, I'm SURE that if Sesame Street had done a Roots-level show thoroughly educating young children about 'systemic racism' in the world, he'd not have raised any issues with that. That's what he REALLY wanted, you understand.