Fake news election stories in the U.S. 2016
The statistic presents the most popular fake election stories in the United States in 2016 based on Facebook engagement. The fake news story stating that President Obama had signed a nationwide order banning The Pledge of Allegiance in schools in the United States was shared, reacted to, and commented upon a total of 2.2 million times on Facebook in the three months leading up to the election.