factoid – An unsubstantiated statement, account, or report published as if it were factual, coined by the novelist Norman Mailer from fact + -oid (as in android, humanoid), in reference to his fictionalized biography of Marilyn Monroe. More…
divulgate – If something is divulgate, it is published. More…
libel, slander – Libel—from Latin libellus, “little book”—must be published, while spoken defamatory remarks are slander; libel first meant “document, written statement.” More…