Obama Ad Ruffles Big Bird's Feathers

Sesame Workshop says it's nonpartisan

Big Bird may have gone to Congress to push the government to preserve public broadcasting budgets, but that doesn't mean the Sesame Street character likes to be in the thick of political fights, especially political ads. Sesame Workshop has requested that Big Bird be taken out of a new ad by the Obama campaign that attacks GOP challenger Mitt Romney.

"Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not endorse candidates or participate in political campaigns.

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