The increase in the number of false new stories revealed to be false serves to strengthen the argument that the media company CEO’s first priority is audience size over reporting the truth. Local TV stations even have teams to identify false stories. The argument above assumes that:
A) the media company’s CEO decides what stories are broadcast.
B) news stories exposed as fabrications are a recent phenomenon.
C) every news story must be factually verifiable.
D) fact checking is more comprehensive for small news organizations than major ones.
E) Until last year, news companies did not even admit to broadcasting fictional stories.
option A
A: