How the debate 'whistleblower' car crash conspiracy went viral

Bad actors and algorithms helped spread a rumor that's entrapped a random accident victim.

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This is the most blindingly stupid conspiracy theory yet. How the hell do you even rig a debate? Trump got his ass handed to him because he's a moron, so unless they're accusing ABC of feeding Trump lead paint chips a couple decades ago there's no way to claim ABC rigged this.
- It doesn't matter if it's a dumb theory. Repeat a conspiracy theory enough and it sticks. (That is not surprising given the number of people that believe in magic.)
  
  That is not surprising given the number of people that believe in magic
  
  Or religion. Or ghosts. Or Bigfoot. Or demons. Or the supernatural. Or zodiac signs. Or miracle cures. Or chiropractors. Or antivax. Or Qanon. Or sovern citizenship.
  
  It's always disappointing how many people believe in obviously fake bullshit.
No amount of so-called debate rigging forced Trump to yell "THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS" or any of the other crazy shit he said. The reason everyone said he lost the debate is because he sounded like a lunatic and she didn't. That doesn't require any sort of rigging.