Sunday, October 28, 2012

FLASHBACK: Mister Rogers Defends PBS before the United States Senate (1969)


Recently, Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that he would kill Big Bird and PBS funding. It was quite the news story for a few days, but it is not a recent type of event. Politicians have targeted PBS in the past as evidenced by the above video of Mr. Rogers speaking before a Senate subcommittee on budget cuts. This is a blast from the past.