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On 5 July 2016, the web site Newslo shared a May 2016 item on Facebook reporting that New Jersey governor Chris Christie had vetoed an equal pay bill, holding that it's against religious freedom to treat both genders equally: All content on Newslo, Religionlo, and Politicalo (a group of connected and virtually identical fake news sites) is described as being a hybrid of news and satire. All pages include a show facts or hide facts button, with content displaying by default in hide facts mode: Although comments attributed to Christie in the first paragraph quoted above were accurate, the balance of the article was completely embellished or fabricated. Governor Christie did veto an equal pay bill in May 2016, but not on religious grounds: Newslo and its companion sites typically follow the same format from article to article, mixing a paragraph reflecting legitimate news reporting with a balance of embellishments. Previous efforts from the trio of sites include reports that Christie said a female version of Viagra would lead to increased lesbianism, that an Alabama politician sought to impose hunger tests on food stamp recipients, that Ted Cruz stated the death of Antonin Scalia was suspiciously timed, and that Pat Robertson claimed David Bowie was still alive.
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