Sesame Street Makes Nice With "Spill O'Reilly"

On tonight’s The O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly will have on a couple of guests from Sesame Street: Spill O’Reilly, a new puppet, and Sherrie Westin, Executive Vice President of Sesame Workshop  (and married to ABC's David Westin).

Chickaboomer hears it’s a make good for their slighting of Fox News.

The reason why this is interesting is:  it was earlier this month when Sesame Street was on their 40th anniversary blitz and they ended up getting attention for something else – for what seemed to be a slight against Fox News by saying “Pox News” on the program.

Related:  PBS omsbudsmen:  Pox or Fox?  We Report, You Decide
A week later a more chastened PBS omsbudsman after tons of viewer complaints

The original sin:



I can already predict rival Keith Olbermann's reax:  Reactivating his puerile Puppet Theater starring "Shill O'Reilly."