The former host of ‘Reading Rainbow’ used to encourage kids to read books. Now he’s telling adults not to ban them

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As the National Book Awards came to a close on Wednesday, finalists for the prestigious literary prizes took the stage in New York to speak about the Israel-Hamas war, with others at the ceremony also choosing to address banned books.

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Depending on how you define “modern” Fox News did call him evil in 2007.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-fred-rogers-evil/

There is also that whacko on Newsmax that calls the Muppets Sesame Street a bunch of evil communists.

This is him when he was on Fox but he has ranted about wanting to debate that well known commie Big Bird a couple times while on Newsmax.

https://youtu.be/LWFCja7MTPI?si=SstDGuWFht9N4fLn

To be clear: this man wants to debate a fictional character on a beloved children's TV show and Fox and Newsmax continued to employ him.

I did not know about this one.

How far gone does one have to be that saying this on TV is not only okay, but encouraged?