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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

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Mitt Romney too chicken to answer questions from kids on Nickelodeon's 2012 election special 

Days after making it plainly clear he’d seek to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (which supports the many PBS stations that air Sesame Street), Nickelodeon has disclosed that the Republican presidential nominee refused to participate in its special Kids Pick the President: The Candidates. All Romney had to do was pretape a segment, but his campaign refused.

# Posted at 5:09 pm Pacific