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Regrettably, Sesame Street has now become yet another advertising vehicle for McDonald’s and other junk food companies to hook a new generation of children on their high calorie junk food.
Join us in telling Sesame Street to stick to go back to its roots, a safe, non-commercial alternative to the network kids shows.
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News Releases
Commercial Alert Criticizes PBS for New Kids TV Channel with Ads
Gary Ruskin | March 30th, 2005
Obesity Experts, Child Advocates Ask Sesame Street Not to Advertise for McDonald’s
Gary Ruskin | October 13th, 2003
PBS Should Protect Children by Taking Teletubbies Off the Air, Coalition Says
Gary Ruskin | March 22nd, 2000
Nader Asks PBS, CTW to Withdraw From “ Commercial Child Molestation” Conference
Gary Ruskin | February 14th, 2000
Nader Urges Children's Television Workshop and Noggin to Stop Doing Market Research in the Schools
Gary Ruskin | April 8th, 1999
Sesame Street Sells Out Children and Parents to Discovery Zone at Start of 30th Season
Gary Ruskin | October 6th, 1998
Articles
N is for NAFTA, S is for Social Security Privatization and T is for Tax Cuts
Gary Ruskin | June 2nd, 2005
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Is the PBS Happy Meal a Future Menu Item?
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Advertisers Get Warmer Reception From PBS
Tom Siebert | MediaPost (MediaDailyNews) | October 3rd, 2006
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Sprout Channel Ads Sow Controversy
Joanna Weiss | Boston Globe | October 16th, 2005
Getting a Foot in the School Door
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Bob and Barney, With a Few Words From Sponsors
Julie Salamon | The New York Times | March 30th, 2005
On Public TV, Not Quite an Ad But Pretty Close
Nat Ives | The New York Times | March 28th, 2005
Group Asks Bert & Ernie to Shun McD’s; Claims Sesame Street Sponsorship Promotes Obesity
Kelly Quigley | Crain's Chicago Business | October 14th, 2003
Sesame Street Meets Madison Avenue
Brooke Shelby Biggs | Mother Jones | March 30th, 2001
The Letter “K” Isn't the Only Sponsor
Scott Johnson | Hartford Courant | November 16th, 1998
External Links
The Commercialization of Children's Public Television
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) | March 15, 2000