During the 2016 presidential election, some news outlets reported that Hillary Clinton had sold weapons to ISIS and that Donald Trump had been endorsed by the Pope. These stories are examples of 

A. scorekeeping.
B. framing.
C. priming.
D. fake news.
E. agenda-setting.


Answer: D

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