this is a snowball effect. start at the top of the hill with a couple false details. as it rolls down the hill it speaks up steam, picks up speed, gets more attention. add new more false information keeping people interested in the story. we say, story because this is a fake news story. it s more than a fake news story, brianna. it s a full-fledged conspiracy theory. one of many anti-clinton conspiracy theories in the weeks and days leading up to election day and this one continued to progress and evolve, tend to roll down that snowball hill even after election day, which may be why this man decided to drive from north carolina to washington in order to investigate it himself. it is a real-life example of the consequences of the internet echo chamber. you know, the same computer, the same laptop, the same phone that gives us instant access to the truth also allows us to wall ourselves off and only hear fictions. that s what seems to happen in cases like this. yes. maybe the computer