All of the following statements regarding early television are true EXCEPT that

A. in 1946 there were 17,000 television sets in the United States.
B. in the 1920s there were experiments in broadcasting pictures and sound.
C. all three major television networks had started as radio companies.
D. the federal government largely kept big business sponsorship out of television advertising.
E. television quickly became the most powerful medium of mass communication in history.


Answer: D

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