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On 3 March 2017, the web site USPOLN published an article which contained several quotes ostensibly uttered by Senator Paul Ryan, including one statement in which he supposedly asserted about birth control that If there was a legitimate way to have intercourse and not get pregnant, God would have included it in His holy books: This article was framed as presenting portions of a discussion between Ryan and CNN host Jake Tapper, and the introductory paragraph replicated a legitimate exchange between Ryan and Tapper about health care reform and birth control that took place on 13 November 2016: The remainder of the article, however, was completely fabricated. For instance, Paul Ryan never said this: Or this: Ryan didn't say any of this during his CNN interview with Jake Tapper on 13 November 2016, or at any other time and place. USPOLN bills itself as a hybrid site that publishes a mixture of satire and real news, but unlike other hybrid sites such as Newslo, which allow users to click a button revealing which portions of articles are true and which are not, USPOLN provides readers with no mechanism for distinguishing between fact and fabrication. If they did, the introductory paragraph would have been highlighted as true while the remainder of the article would have been marked as satire. The actual interview between Tapper and Ryan can be viewed below:
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