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On 9 May 2017, Facebook page The Witty Liberal shared an article claiming Pastor Rick Scarborough attributed the cause of breast cancer to impure fantasies: The link led to a Politicops article dated 16 January 2016: Although Politicops (along with sister sites Religionlo, Newslo, and Politicalo) are known fake news purveyors, the claim's reappearance on a popular Facebook page gave the story a veneer of authenticity. Politicops and related sites usually start each article with a paragraph of factual information, followed by the falsehoods featured in their headlines. On these sites, a button allows readers to show facts or hide facts, but all articles appear in hide facts mode by default, and many readers don't know about the function: When Show Facts is activated, the portions attributing the statements about breast cancer to Pastor Scarborough were not highlighted as truthful information:
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