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Rumor

As an action, a rumor was spread throughout the streets of Havana:

"Did you know that ... Fidel offered to send Cuban observers to supervise the break down of votes in Palm Beach?"

Mechanisms of a rumor:

Plot

Given: a generic situation, for example, a town where many people cross paths.

If somebody were to say something to someone,
and that someone were to repeat it to someone else,
and that someone were to repeat it to someone else,
  "      "      "      "      "      "      "      "      "      "      "
  "      "      "      "      "      "      "      "      "      "      "
  "      "      "      "      "      "      "      "      "      "      "
then, at the end of the day, something is talked about, but the source has been lost along the way.

Premise
- The rumour is instigated verbally.
- The rumour is fed until any physical evidence appears as a consequence of the rumour.
- The rumour is spread by one or several verbal agents.
- The rumour attempts to infiltrate a given situation without adding or subtracting any physical element to it.
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