The Fact Checkers not impressed with Obama’s Big Bird strategy.
WaPo: Does Mitt Romney want to ‘kill’ Big Bird?

The Pinocchio Test

How did “I love Big Bird” turn into “kill Big Bird”? Only through a spin machine going on hyper drive.

Romney may have been off base in suggesting PBS funding has much to do with the deficit, but that’s no excuse for the Obama campaign to declare that means the demise of a popular children’s character. According to the financials of Sesame Workshop, Big Bird should do just fine, with or without public funding.

Four Pinocchios