The claim: 'The View' settled with Kyle Rittenhouse for $22 million

The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges related to the deaths of two men and injury of a third during 2020 protests prompted an array of false claims – including assertions that the teenager took legal action against statements by public figures including LeBron James and Whoopi Goldberg.

The most recent iteration of such claims involves Goldberg and her fellow co-hosts on ABC's daytime talk show "The View."

“The View Settles With The Rittenhouses For $22 Million and a Formal Apology,” read the headline of an Aug. 2 article on the website We Conservative, which was shared on Facebook more than 3,500 times in two days.

But representatives for both “The View” and Rittenhouse have said claims of a settlement are not true. Rittenhouse never sued "The View" to begin with. ...

(Yeah, I know. A conservative website just making stuff up isn't really anything new.)