‘Occupy Sesame Street’ Protesters Interrupt Rupert Murdoch Speech In San Francisco | Talking Points Memo

Not even the wealthiest 1% is safe from the wrath of Socially Conscious Elmo. News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch was delivering a speech on technology and public education in San Francisco (of course) today when he was repeatedly interrupted, despite being the keynote, by various members of what is being called the “Occupy Sesame Street” movement, whose demands are better public education and the halting of privatization in the education industry. One by one, several members of the dinner party stood up with signs and Sesame Street costumes, each with various protests and demands. According to the Associated Press:


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