Politically divided over future Sesame Street – NU.nl

That’s Socialist Party MP Jasper van Dijk. D66 also questioned the move of the NPO. The VVD has a diametrically different opinion.

The program Tommie, Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, Ieniemienie and Mr. Aart is almost 40 years just aired before bedtime for young children.

It wants the program now NPO first move to theme channel Zapp Xtra.

“An incomprehensible decision of the managers from Hilversum who are fixated on ratings,” says SP Euro-MP Van Dijk. “Dekker needs to engage in a hearty conversation with the NPO to reverse this decision. It is up to Dekker to correct this mistake.”

Old-fashioned

The VVD is here not totally agree. “Old-fashioned parties D66 and the SP do not understand you at any time of the day with your kids can watch Sesame Street. Free and well,” said VVD MP Ton Elias, which thus indicates the potential for the children free of charge on the Internet to look.

“These parties fixate on the table. That is old-fashioned, but they also go again to find out. In addition, when interfering political parties with programs? The broadcaster decides what it emits.”

Commercial wind

Like the SP D66 also has questions about the issue. “It blows a commercial wind in Hilversum,” said D66 MP Kees Verhoeven.

“I am very curious about the reaction of the Secretary of State. They did not want a purely entertainment, but now disappearing kinds of cultural and educational programs. “

Labour MP Mohammed Mohandis says that he wants children’s programs” easy to find and can be viewed “, but also states that the NPO is independent and therefore can decide how the program looks like.

Gain

According to Verhoeven, we look too much at the NPO for ratings. “After soul & amp; jazz on the radio throws the NPO now a popular part of the main stage, at the expense of a distinctive public broadcaster with added value.”.

Aart Pigtails, which for decades Mr. Aart plays , showed Thursday already know that the “neck is reversed.”

“If Sesame Street moves to a theme channel is the core of the program natural way,” he said, because according to him, the audience share there “zero “is

By: NU.nl/Lucas Benschop