Controversial question (Short Passage, not PP) : Should C be selected?

GRE Verbal Problem Solving
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Quite some controversies on whether C is correct. What do you guys think?

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source: GRE question sets on the Internet, not PP

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C is correct
According to the author, no new invention was responsible for the first newspapers, and it is mentioned that print shops of the late 1700s used technology from the 1500s