We’re not regular viewers of “Sesame Street,” and we’re not sure why they decided to post this clip, but a lot of reporters are finding it really, really depressing. You see, Cookie Monster wants to be a journalist, but instead of demanding a union, a living wage, heath insurance, and a retirement package, he settles for … a cookie.
Negotiating that new year salary increase like: pic.twitter.com/1fv2UMbqgY
— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) January 7, 2019
We like that Cookie Monster got himself a real reporter’s hat just like the New York Times’ Glenn Thrush.
Negotiating that new year salary increase like: pic.twitter.com/1fv2UMbqgY
— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) January 7, 2019
damn if this isn't the most searing indictment of digital media hiring i have seen https://t.co/iGswsX6c5n
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 7, 2019
I have been informed that in addition to dragging me, Sesame Street bamboozled me into sharing old content and my betrayal levels are at 1000%
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 7, 2019
I'm shaken??? Why did Sesame Street do this to us????
— alanna bennett (@AlannaBennett) January 7, 2019
I am HURT by the ACCURACY.
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 7, 2019
This is disturbingly realistic. https://t.co/RkpmQ2wS1E
— Zachary Fryer-Biggs (@ZachFB) January 7, 2019
Me accepting my first writing job
— erin "national me-mergency" ryan (@morninggloria) January 7, 2019
…and yet oh so accurate
— Adam Popescu (@adampopescu) January 7, 2019
— Lucas Meyer (@meyer_lucas) January 7, 2019
This is quite accurate.
— Greg Toppo (@gtoppo) January 7, 2019
This also explains how @CillizzaCNN started out… https://t.co/iHGVatreKS
— Jamie McGonnigal (@McBenefit) January 7, 2019
New year, same me. https://t.co/OtUymVkei0
— Rory Appleton (@RoryDoesPhonics) January 7, 2019
Too real. https://t.co/75KMxG4gPG
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) January 7, 2019
Sesame Street is now a documentary. https://t.co/cEKTI6FibT
— Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall) January 7, 2019
Actual footage of Piers Morgan interview.
— Ger Walsh (@WillyWoollyman) January 7, 2019
And now, a live look-in at the NBC News HR department… https://t.co/x89PR1NGcJ
— Nathan, son of Robert (@NathanWurtzel) January 7, 2019
— danny nett (@dannynett) January 7, 2019
@latguild would like to have a word with you
— Kyle Kim (@kyleykim) January 7, 2019
The 99 percent drooling at that cookie like it's hot… #money #poverty #minimumwage pic.twitter.com/wo6dOw5Cus
— Elijah Sowder (@imabigkid13) January 7, 2019
I feel both seen and attacked
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) January 7, 2019
damn this hurts, when did Sesame Street get so real? ? https://t.co/Uk1OWrRiy5
— Scott Duwe (@mountain_Duwe) January 7, 2019
This is one cookie more than I made at my first journalism internship. https://t.co/tuTcxL6oMl
— Bob McGovern (@BobMcGovernJr) January 7, 2019
This cuts deep. https://t.co/BqZlWnaMQb
— Jay Sarkar (@ByJaySarkar) January 7, 2019
how/why is sesame street dragging literally all of media right now https://t.co/rbxJgOxcT4
— karen han (@karenyhan) January 7, 2019
I feel personally attacked. https://t.co/0xcDwYXjip
— William Shillibier (@Shillibier) January 7, 2019
you dont have to take that crap, @MeCookieMonster. walk!
— Mike Bivins (@itsmikebivins) January 7, 2019
Now imagine Cookie Monster is Jim Acosta and the cookie is a microphone.
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