16. As a almost 41 year old woman who grew up watching Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, and many other PBS shows, I feel this statement that Mr. Rogers is to blame for their short-comings is a load of bull. I spent 22 years in the military, and graduated cum laude with a bachelors degree in Anthropology and consider myself to be pretty successful. These shows did not make me the person I am today. My parents were the ones who disciplined me and instilled a sense of work ethic in me. I worked hard because that is what I was always taught to do. If you work hard, you will eventually get what you deserve. Many parents today don't want to do to their children what was done to them, and that is a shame. Letting children throw fits and getting their way to make the parents lives easier and not giving them a good spanking (and I do mean spanking, not beating their child or child abuse)is the cause of all this. The society that has been created today is a direct result from the rejection of discipline parents used to be able to give their children, but are now afraid to give. If many of these children were given the necessary and correct discipline appropriate to their age they wouldn't be looking to get more than they were entitled to.

Michelle at 6:51PM on Jul 9th 2007

17. This clip is representatve of America today. No one accepts responsibility for their own actions. Americans like to blame everyone else for their problems. That why we have become a nation of over weight, under achievers. Who you become starts at home.

JASON at 7:13PM on Jul 9th 2007

18. BULL!!! I grew up watching Mr. Rogers and think that he was one of the best things to happen to my generation, and I feel lost and sad that my children are not able to see his work carried on for generations to come. So if he is such and EVIL person for telling people that they are allowed to feel good about themselves and to be happy with who they are, who are the kids to turn to today? Shall I tell my kids to not watch that but how about some POWER RANGERS or wait, Big Bird is evil so lets watch something wholesome like the Teletubbies or Barney? How dare these Study people talk about Fred Rogers that way? I met the man more than a few times and he was nothing less than kind, considerate and a truly good person, something most if not all of us need to try to be. And wait, was it because he was a Presbyterian minister? OOOOHHHH NNNNOOOO, that might piss somebody else off, look out.... This is truly a sad day when the only time we see Fred Rogers on t.v. is when they are tearing him apart, but yet we can watch that GARBAGE they call entertainment about that whore Paris Hilton... HHHHHHHMMMMMMMM I wonder who she watched growing up????

Mark at 8:38PM on Jul 9th 2007

19. I wake up to some foolishness every morning, but Fox TV slandering Mr. Rogers for giving children a meaningful half hour a day to watch. I agree, this man's military record makes this an almost treasonous attack. But does anyone remember Mr. Rogers started making shows for kids at a time in America when Mommies and Daddies were both gone all day at work, when there was not enough money to hire a babysitter, no matter what the law called for. Making every home a 2 income home was what was important, so that taxes could be collected twice from each American family. Now, this man, the voice who called to each child, saying, You are special to me, you are part of my life, hurt these children? These tossed aside humans who's growth or identity was irrevelant to a government intent on gathering 2 incomes where previously there had only been one took the parents out of the home, where previously a Mom and a Dad had been the one there for the children to talk to? And Fox has the nerve to say this man did not fill a hole in children during these days? And, again, wait until he is dead to twist his words, the words that kept children from thinking there was no one in the world who was there for them? Shame, shame on Fox, once again.

Cynthia Ragle at 9:02PM on Jul 9th 2007

20. I guess FAUX NOISE needed something to divert attention away from news that Iraq had another horrible day. And if you want to talk about the ultimate in entitled idiots, why not mentioned Dumbya? Did he watch Mr. Rogers? At least Mr. Rogers actually saw combat. Geez. Telling kids they are OK? Giving them self-esteem? This is bad WHY?

Tim at 10:41PM on Jul 9th 2007

21. Yeah but look what he did here.... Shocking News.... http://www.freewebs.com/musicnewsusa

USABargain at 11:03PM on Jul 9th 2007

22. we the people have led our lives for freedrom of the press. but when I continue to see Fox walk all over it! did our people die for nothing

Lee Clark at 11:03PM on Jul 9th 2007

23. I'm going to resist the urge to be dragged into a deconstruction of Mr. Rogers(!) as it pertains to our social situation. The very notion. But as to immigrants who don't speak our language coming onto our soil to become millionaires... One wonders just how many of our Halliburton/KBR expatriates bothered to learn any of the dialects spoken in Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar or Saudi Arabia before they cashed their paychecks. Hypocrisy... thy name is Good Ol' American Greed.

Tom at 6:07PM on Oct 16th 2007

24. FOX NEWS = NATIONAL ENQUIRER
IS FOX NEWS ON THE WHITEHOUSE PAYROLL?

SANDY at 11:10PM on Jul 9th 2007

25. America has problems but it wasn't Mr. Rogers fault. More like 2 parents having to work and keeping up with the Jones.

HalfCafPlease at 12:15AM on Jul 10th 2007

26. Okay, so I read this and had to add my two cents in. Just because someone says you are special, such as Mr. Rogers, it never mentioned a word regarding entitlement. I believe certain people, including the professor who did the study, chose to read further into the statement and give it an entirely different meaning than what was first intended. To me, that sounds strangely like fundamentalism, where you look at one phrase and concentrate heavily on it, even twisting it until it represents what you want it to. The message that was clearly intended to be shown to the children of the day was that they were UNIQUE, aka "special". Each one was individual, and they were "special" for who they were. But if a child was so "special" in certain school classes, why would they particularly need to be begging for a grade or extra credit? It obviously was not where their unique talents lay, or they merely did not apply themselves. None of which was a result from a statement made by a man on a television show.

Chris at 12:57AM on Jul 10th 2007

27. I grew up laughing my ass off watching Johnny Carson Make fun of Mr. Rogers.
I think Carson knew what a laugh this guy was.

Paul at 1:47AM on Jul 10th 2007

28. Oh my goodness. I'm 45 and I grew up watching Mr. Rodgers, Sesame Street, Zoom, Electric Company. Mr. Rodgers did cool things and I loved the puppets. I have never felt entitled to anything, except maybe my parents love. I believe that all kids ARE special. I'll bet Mr. Rodgers helped unknown thousands of kids who didn't get enough love at home to at least feel special for part of every day.

Berkley at 1:56AM on Jul 10th 2007

29. Who could really care unless you're a ballcap wearing dipstick loser who isn't educated or bright enought to make some hay with a more important topic!?
Go get yourself a GED, go to "J" school and stop embarrasing yourself young Jeffrey!

Mike at 1:57AM on Jul 10th 2007

30. Mr. Rogers was the greatest thing for kids since sliced bread. A former Navy Seal from Viet Nam, Presbyterian Minister and devoted kid-lover, he taught all of us the way to a kid's heart is through their heads (and hearts)
This, at 67, is my fifth career, and I am teaching as a substitute in elementary school in Arizona and I love it, especially 3rd through 5th grades. I love the little munchins. They eat up all the knowledge you can through at them, and they need all the love and attention you can throw at them, a lot don't seem to get it at home.
............Mr. Rogers, Substitute teacher
Yuma, Arizona

roger fulton at 2:58AM on Jul 10th 2007