rumormonger

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Most of the triggers for this kind of charge appear to be present in pizzagate: There is widespread conspiratorial rumormongering.

From Scientific American • Oct. 1, 2023

That gap is filled by speculation and, via its worst users, rumormongering and conspiracy theories.

From The Verge • Aug. 13, 2019

A personal favorite: “Oops, Gotta Go!,” in which electronic rumormongering transforms a classmate’s minor illness into a fatal one. 212-252-1916, Ext.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2017

Coupled with Shi’s emergence as a public figure, but not one high enough in the government to be fully protected, it’s led to ongoing fascination and rumormongering about the abbot among China’s newspapers and netizens.

From Newsweek • Jul. 30, 2012

He refused to accept that Ernest might have participated in Strauss’s campaign against him or engaged in any of the rumormongering about his Communist tendencies that periodically swept the Berkeley campus.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik