Since the start of U.S. President Donald Trump's second term in office, numerous fake news chyrons — the text superimposed on the bottom of a television news broadcast — have circulated online attributing quotes to him and members of his administration.
One example seemed to show a Fox News chyron of Trump saying that it is "high imperial treason" to troll him "on Facebook and Twitter," while others have featured White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt allegedly telling people they will love tariffs if they "avoid woke things like math" and Attorney General Pam Bondi supposedly announcing a 15-year prison sentence for anyone caught saying "f*** Trump."
However, this phenomenon of fake news chyrons is not new. Former U.S. President Joe Biden was the subject of one at the very start of his presidency in January 2021. They have also targeted international politicians, such as Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani.
Below, we have listed nine instances where fake news chyrons have widely spread online:
