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During ongoing controversy and speculation about Hillary Clinton's health (following a medical episode at a 9/11 event), the web site Newslo published an article on 13 September 2016 reporting that Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas had pledged to run as a Democrat to defeat Donald Trump if Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton were forced to drop out of the race: Like all items published by Newslo (and sister sites Religionlo and Politicalo), the article began with factual introduction before introducing subsequent untruths. On 13 September 2016 Cruz did meet with Trump's running mate Mike Pence, but the portion of the article holding that he pledged to run as a Democrat was wholly embellished. All articles Newslo's three fake news sites (often appearing on Facebook items from the Politicops domain) included a show facts or hide facts button. However, all items displayed in hide facts mode by default, ensuring new visitors rarely used or were aware the option: Newslo, Politicalo and Religionlo items typically follow the same template for every article, featuring a paragraph consisting of accurate information and the balance embellishments upon that grain of truth. Prior Newslo fabrications included claims Chris Christie said a female Viagra would lead to increased lesbianism and that he voted down a gender pay parity bill due to religious reasons, an Alabama politician proposed saliva-based hunger tests for food stamp recipients, Cruz said the death of Antonin Scalia was oddly timed, Pat Robertson claimed David Bowie was still alive after his death, 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, and father of Brock Turner lamented the lack of punishment for the victim in his son's case.
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