Technology companies and news media outlets responsibility

  • To what extent should technology companies and news media outlets be responsible for monitoring and preventing the spread of fake news? To what extent is the consumer responsible? Use information drawn from reading and discussing the core texts to support your argument. Be specific about what should be done and by whom.
  • Your culminating writing task should follow the conventions of a written argument to be published as an Op-Ed for an online or print news source. An Op-Ed is an opinion editorial in which you take a position and support your position with evidence drawn from the texts we have read.
  • Parenthetical citations are required
  • https://newsela.com/read/fake-news-fact-checker/id