Factesque

A term coined by Stephen Colbert while he was slaving away under notorious taskmaster Jon Stewart as a reporter for The Daily Show. It is a close cousin of truthiness.

Factesque refers to something that has the semblance of truth, merely because it has been repeated many times.

During a report on The Daily Show, Stephen explained to Jon Stewart that "It doesn't matter what I've seen, Jon. The fact is, it's been widely reported, and that makes it factesque."