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On 16 April 2017 Politicalo.com published an article suggesting that the President's son Eric Trump claimed his father was going to discontinue taxation on wealthy Americans, thereby rendering debate over the elder Trump's tax returns irrelevant: Although Newslo (and its sibling sites Religionlo, Politicops, and Politicalo) are often identified as fake news by social media users, the claim was picked up by the hyper-partisan web site Democratic Moms and spread with fewer obvious red flags. Newslo and related sites normally start each article with a paragraph of factual information followed by the embellishments featured in its headlines. Newslo’s hybrid fake news sites include a clickable feature enabling readers to show facts or hide facts. When a reader clicks show facts, the factual portions of the article are highlighted. However, by default, all articles first appear in hide facts mode: As the article indicated, President Trump tweeted about his tax returns and currency manipulation on 16 April 2017: But as the Show Facts button demonstrated when activated, the Eric Trump's purported statements on taxation and wealth were fabricated:
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