As you likely know, Sesame Street is not produced by PBS - but news reports claim that they are...and they are a multi-billion dollar enterprise...hardly dependent on public funding. And PBS has not had first run of that show for quite a number of years now. Yet, it continues to be falsely reported this way.
One such example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcEZBgOOb4A
And the people in the comments section just lap it up like it is true.
Sis started her graphics career working for Henson Productions. Getting paid through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was a pain in the butt.