Which of the following is not true about public television?

a. Public television has become commercial television’s stepchild, with sponsorship announcements that sound like commercials.
b. National Educational Television began offering some national programming in 1963.
c. Public television started because commercial television refused to air educational shows such as Sesame Street.
d. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, begun in 1967, collects money from many sources and distributes it to public TV stations.


ANSWER: c

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