Moderator Willow Bay, Dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Speakers Rebecca Blumenstein, Deputy Managing Editor, New York Times Campbell Brown, Head of News Partnerships, Facebook Stephen Hayes, Editor-in-Chief, The Weekly Standard Scott McClellan, Vice President, Communications, Seattle University; Former White House Press Secretary Jon Steinberg, CEO, Cheddar Once the province of supermarket tabloids, intentionally false news is having a big cultural moment -- or possibly something more dangerous and permanent -- in today's hyper-partisan world. Not coincidentally, Oxford Dictionaries chose "post-truth" as its 2016 Word of the Year. Our panel examines the consequences of living in an age of politicized truth, "alternative facts" and selective reality. Is fake news a healthy challenge or existential threat to traditional news organizations? What role should Facebook and Google -- two giant media portals -- have in solving this? Bogus information has always been with us, so why is the culture embracing it so readily now?

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