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On 23 August 2016, the Newslo web site reported that former Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann had said white people suffered more under the Obama administration than black people did under slavery: Like all articles published by Newslo (and its companion sites Religionlo and Politicalo), the piece employed a fact-based introduction before introducing counterfactual information. It is true Bachmann spoke to the outlet Breitbart on 21 August 2016, an interview from which much of the first paragraph's quoted material was drawn. And like all articles on those three fake news sites, it included a show facts or hide facts button (all items displayed by default in hide facts mode, obfuscating the untruthful aspects): Although Bachmann was somewhat accurately quoted in the first paragraph of the piece, subsequent purported comparisons between the Obama administration and years during which slavery was legal were embellishments typical of Newslo and its sister sites. Bachmann did not claim 'not even slaves' suffered as much as [the] white people [who] are being targeted nowadays' amidst racial unrest, nor did she describe slavery as terribly inconvenient for black people. Newslo and related sites typically publish articles comprised of a paragraph of fairly straightforward news and a balance of related, somewhat subtle false information. Prior items from those outlets included claims Chris Christie stated a female version of Viagra would lead to increased lesbianism and voted down a gender pay parity bill for Bible-based reasons, an Alabama politician suggested saliva-based hunger tests for food stamp recipients, Ted Cruz surmised the death of Antonin Scalia was suspiciously timed, Pat Robertson claimed David Bowie was still alive after his death, and Mike Pence opined that if abortion was allowed in instances of rape that women would attempt to get raped in order to obtain an abortion.
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