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Sesame Street Confronts Child Hunger

Sesame Street is introducing a new Muppet to the famous fictional New York block. Unlike most of her felt playmates, Lily is a seven-year-old kid whose family lives in poverty. She doesn’t always have enough food to eat and she’s ashamed of that fact. A very special episode of Sesame Street, “ …

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Written by Monica Marier on Saturday October 8, 2011

The Next Fake Hollywood Scare: Child Hunger

A new documentary Hungry in America hopes to launch a crusade to end child hunger. But if they don't their facts right, they may discredit a worthy cause. The current wave of partisan cinéma non-vérité has become every bit as formulaic and tiresome as Michael Moore's scruffy Common Man routine.  …

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Written by Tim Hodgson on Sunday March 20, 2011