The Public Broadcasting System, she noted, grew out of a similar effort that initially was funded by the Carnegie Foundation.

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See, for example, "Follow the Money, " an award-winning American Interests special which aired on the Public Broadcasting System on 12 July 1989, which was produced by the Blackwell Corporation and moderated by Morton Kondracke.

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Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organization that produces Sesame Street, is a completely separate company from the non-profit Public Broadcasting System (PBS).

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The other public players, Spanish Broadcasting System and Entravision, have better track records.

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Last year, Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger - the top civil judge in England and Wales - said broadcasting trials could increase public confidence in the justice system, but warned that judges must have "full rights of veto" over what could be shown.

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The Center notes that this same point is made in a powerful, hour-long television documentary, entitled "Follow the Money, " that will be aired this evening at 10:00 p.m. on Public Broadcasting System stations nationwide .

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