Back in December, Fox News aired a segment criticizing The Muppets for “brainwashing” our kids by depicting an Oil barron as the villain, claiming the film had a liberal agenda and was anti-capitalism.
Now a video has been released featuring Kermit and Miss Piggy in a seemingly polite but rather backhanded and hilarious response to Fox News’ ridiculous claims. Watch the video after the jump!
First some background, back in early December, Fox News aired the below clip (via MediaMatters):
Despite several articles written in the blogosphere regarding these claims, neither The Muppets nor their creators made any comment until back in early January, when Jason Segel and Kermit briefly commented on the accusations in a rather humorous fashion.
Now a new video has surfaced of Miss Piggy and Kermit responding to these claims in a press conference:
Enjoy the humor!
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