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Transcript: Tinky Winky: Making a Political Statement? , CBS
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- CBS This Morning
- Article date:
- February 11, 1999
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ROBELOT: Is it a mountain or a mole hill? Will you and your family
be watching the "Teletubbies" differently, or perhaps, not even watching
at all because of an article published by the Reverend Jerry Falwell?
And item in "The National Liberty Journal," Reverend Falwell's magazine
takes issue with Tinky Winky's purple color and triangular antenna
on his head. The article says, "Those are symbols of gay pride,"
and says the male-sounding character seems to be caring a little red
bag -- a purse, which its creators say is just a "magic bag." The ...
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Article: Berkeley, Calif., leaps to defend Tinky Winky ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
February 24, 1999 ;
548 words
... ... the purple with a resolution backing Tinky Winky, the children's TV character attacked ... implicit in Mr. Falwell's designation of Tinky Winky as an inappropriate role model," declares ... Council Tuesday night. "Long live Tinky Winky and long live freedom from self-righteousness ...
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