At exactly 2:47 PM Eastern, Rivera Next Media dropped their nuke: "The Billion Dollar Fraud: How Charlotte Thompson Bought Her Way Through Harvard and Stanford."
Thirty seconds later it was everywhere — seventeen outlets copy-pasting like middle schoolers cheating on a history test.
CNN slapped on their screaming red banner: "TECH CEO ACCUSED OF ACADEMIC FRAUD."Fox News rolled in three minutes late, as usual, with: "ELITE COLLEGE CORRUPTION: Did Quantum Tech CEO Buy Her Degrees?"
The New York Times chimed in: "Thompson Tech Empire Heir Allegedly Purchased Academic Credentials."
The Washington Post topped it with: "Harvard, Stanford Face Questions Over Wealthy Student's Degrees."
In under ten minutes, the media was chewing its own tail like digital piranhas, each outlet desperate not to be the one guy who shows up late to the meme.
The conference room detonated.
