A refutation never spreads as fast as the rumor itself.
Even though Zog had secured the front-page headlines of every newspaper in the city, the effort to clear Raul's name was still not going smoothly.
When the newspapers published something that matched the onlookers' expectations, they would think, 'See? I told you so. None of those rich people are any good.'
If the content went against their expectations, their opinion would become, 'Lapdog media. Another trash newspaper controlled by the rich.'
At the end of the day, people tend to believe what they want to believe. That's why there's always a market for conspiracy theories, while the less-than-dramatic truth rarely gets any attention.
The idea of a noble kidnapping a little girl, brainwashing her, and framing someone was just too cliché. It felt like something that had happened countless times over the past few hundred years.
