The New York Times

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The New York Times is a daily newspaper founded in 1851, which is published in New York City and distributed internationally.
==Appearances==
* Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog appeared on the cover of the June 10, 1979 edition of The New York Times Magazine. 
* On September 26, 2008, Statler and Waldorf appeared in an "Op-Art" editorial about how to agree to disagree over watching the U.S. Presidential debate. The piece was written by Hugh Fink, Scott Ganz, and Andrew Samson, who also scripted A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa. 
* November 17, 2011, Adam Sternbergh interviewed Bret McKenzie and Kermit the Frog about the music for The Muppets. The online version of the article was accompanied by a video of the two singing "Life's a Happy Song" less than perfectly to comic effect. 
* May 12, 2015, Grover answered fan questions about staying healthy on the New York Times' official Snapchat.
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==Muppet Mentions==
* In the political video "Illustrating the Tweets of the RNC", Rick Berke had a conversation with illustrator Christoph Niemann during the 2012 Republican National Convention 2012 in Tampa, Florida. One of the tweets in the video was from @Tyra_BangBang: "ROMNEY WANTS TO GET RID OF SESAME STREET. he must be stopped." This was followed by a picture of Ernie (portrayed as a Republican elephant holding a knife) and Bert (portrayed as a Democratic donkey). 
==References==
* Oscar briefly mentions the publication in the Sleepytime Bird version of the song "The Grouch's Lullaby."
* In Episode 1177 of Sesame Street, Oscar tries to get Bob to say the word "newspaper," which triggers a response from Woof Woof to pounce and lick whoever says it. Bob gets wise to Oscar's trick and avoids the word, saying "The New York Times" instead.
* The Daily Chronicle features the Times’ famous slogan, "All the News That's Fit to Print."
* Huxley is seen reading a copy of The New York Slimes in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. He then asks Bug if there is any mention of him, to which Bug replies, "check page six." A reference to The New York Post's "Page Six," famous for its coverage of celebrity gossip.
* In Sesame Street: The Musical, Oscar serves as the theater critic for The New Yuck Times.
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