Stop the Presses: Big Bird Fired!

Some links and tidbits on the 'debate' following the statements made during the presidential debate by Romney and his 'intention to fire Big Bird'.

Links to the original statement (in context: note that it follows a statement on the need to 'cut the budget'); the response from PBS (official press release + CNN interview and comment by PBS CEO Kerger); an Op-Ed in the NYTimes ("Don't Mess With Big Bird"); a Google image search result page for 'big bird romney'); a couple of 'big bird' meme pages (on Know Your Meme and Quick Meme).

Below is a tweet by Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium in NYC and host of the PBS program NOVA ScienceNOW.