The fact that a course like this is even deemed necessary is a sad commentary on the state of journalism.

It wasn’t that long ago that all news outlets had editorial slants, but aside from a few truly awful tabloids, they more or less told the truth – or at least tried to.  

Those days seem to be gone forever.  It’s cheaper and more politically expedient to just make stuff up than it is to go through the bother and expense of setting up a foreign news bureau or doing some investigative journalism.

And when people like Spicer and Conway embrace it wholeheartedly, with their inauguration crowds and Bowling Green Massacres, the chance of a high school level course righting things is pretty damn slim.