True or False By Hank Silverberg 17) True or False: Most mainstream news organizations produce fake news based on a political agenda. (3pts) It seemed like a very easy question for students in my Introduction to Communications class. We had spent an entire session talking about the difference between pundits and reporters, slant and bias and how to detect fake news organizations. (See my blog from 2/2/18). I was dismayed when half the students in the class got it wrong. The answer to the test question is "FALSE." I have gone over my notes and power-point from that lecture wracking my brain trying to figure out why the reality didn't sink in. I intend to ask them about it when we go over the exam this week. But I think I already know the reason. Despite all the tips I gave them about how to detect fake news, what constitutes a mainsteam news organization or a news organization in general, and what “slant” and “bias” mean, they are still constantly bomb...