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On 24 October 2016, a satirical news site published a story that opened with a shockingly frank quote from conservative commentator and former Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan: The story does not link to the alleged interview — which makes sense, as the quote is completely fabricated. The Standard owns up to its true nature in a disclaimer on its About page: However, the interview was still picked up by at least one actual news site, with no mention of its satirical bent. To further muddy the waters, there actually is a site called the Conservative Chronicle, in which Buchanan's syndicated columns appear. They reiterated to us that there was no way the quote was real: Buchanan, who has run for the presidency as both a Republican and Reform Party candidate, has a history of making eyebrow-raising comments, including dismissing President Barack Obama and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as affirmative action beneficiaries, and defending the idea of a majority-white U.S. as an America like the country I grew up in, which was a pretty good country.
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