PBS CEO Paula Kerger says she was surprised Mitt Romney would bring up his plans to cut federal funding for PBS during Wednesday's presidential debate.

"With the enormous problems facing our country, the fact that we are the focus is unbelievable to me, particularly given the fact that at another part of the debate, both candidates talked about the importance of education," Kerger said on CNN Newsroom. "We're America's biggest classroom."

Romney wasn't saying anything new: He told Forbes in August that he would cut PBS's funding, despite personally enjoying its programs. During the debate Wednesday, he said the same thing, avowing a love for Big Bird. The remark set of a flurry of tweets and inspired several fake Big Bird accounts.

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