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On 15 December 2016, Politicops published an article appearing to report that Ohio governor John Kasich said that if a woman couldn't be trusted to keep her legs closed than she was unfit to decide whether or not to have an abortion: As with all items published by Politicops, (and its related sites Religionlo, Politicalo, and Newslo), the article began with a reference to a debate over proposed abortion restrictions in the state of Ohio. But articles from Newslo and its sister sites typically start off with a paragraph of fact-based information before launching into fabricated details, and all subsequent quotes from John Kasich were pure fabrications. Newslo's roster of fake news sites often circulate via the lesser-known Politicops domain on social media, and all include a function allowing readers to show facts or hide facts. But all Newslo-linked articles display by default in hide facts mode, ensuring most readers view articles unaware of the significant appended embellishments: Earlier Newslo fabrications included claims that Chris Christie thought that a female Viagra would spread lesbianism (and separately, that he voted down a gender pay parity bill for religious reasons), an Alabama politician tried to mandate saliva-based hunger tests for food stamp recipients, Ted Cruz said he'd run as a Democrat if something affected Hillary Clinton's campaign, Mike Pence said if abortion was legal in cases of rape women would try to get raped in order to obtain an abortion, the father of Brock Turner lamented the absence of punishment for the victim in his son's sexual assault case, and that televangelist Pat Robertson claimed that David Bowie did not die, but was kidnapped by demons.
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