Rumor is the most terrible, preach to a stale.

谣言是最可怕的，传着传着就变味了。

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But sometimes when a flimsy report, or even a rumor gets on tele-vision, there's going to be terrible "echo chamber" effect.

不过，有时候，不可信的传闻甚至谣言一旦上了电视，就会越传越讹了。

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