"JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION!"

(h/t Andrew Sullivan)

That's what Sean Hannity usually says when he doesn't get a very direct answer to his questions but not this time¹.

HANNITY: How is Elmo a liberal? Could you describe how they push their agenda?

SHAPIRO: Yes, I talked to one of the guys at Children's Television Workshop originally. He said the whole purpose of Sesame Street was to cater to black and Hispanic youths who, quote/unquote, "did not have reading literature in the house."

There's kind of this soft bigotry of low expectations that's automatically associated with Sesame Street. By the way, if you go on the Sesame Street web site, it talks about when bringing up child, make sure that you use gender neutral language. Make sure that you give your boys dolls and make sure that you give your girls fire trucks.

¹Fox News Network
June 1, 2011 Wednesday
SHOW: FOX HANNITY 9:37 PM EST
Great American Panel
BYLINE: Sean Hannity
GUESTS: Ben Shapiro ,Ken Blackwell, Kirsten Haglund
SECTION: NEWS; Domestic
LENGTH: 1571 words