The mainstream media seems content to focus on one aspect of my new book, Primetime Propaganda: its discussion of Sesame Street. The UK Independent led off the publicity campaign for the book with an analysis of the children’s television show, and the left-leaning media quickly followed suit, jumping on the Sesame Street critique to push the notion that I was a Jerry Falwell-esque character seeking to locate gay Teletubbies. This, of course, was absurd – particularly because an entire section of the book explains why the Teletubbies are not gay, why nobody should worry about Spongebob SquarePants and Patrick, and why finding conspiracies in children’s shows is a chimerical exercise. The Left was attempting to paint me as a kook to avoid facing down the devastating tape I released of top Hollywood figures admitting to propagandizing through their shows and acknowledging that conservatives are discriminated against in Hollywood. All the Left wanted to talk about was Elmo.
So when I appeared on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News last Wednesday night, I joked about the media’s attempt at misdirection. “Every kid in America is gonna hate you,” Sean said. “You’re taking on Elmo and Sesame Street and Big Bird in your book.”
“I kind of wanna take ‘em out back and cap ‘em,” I laughed.
So when I appeared on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News last Wednesday night, I joked about the media’s attempt at misdirection. “Every kid in America is gonna hate you,” Sean said. “You’re taking on Elmo and Sesame Street and Big Bird in your book.”
“I kind of wanna take ‘em out back and cap ‘em,” I laughed.
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