You know that feeling when something gets said so many times that people just start treating it as fact, no matter how shaky it was in the first place?
Like, Santa didn’t make the cut, but God sure did.
What are other examples of things that basically became true through repetition alone?
I think i may be missing the point of your comment? People don’t think smoking is bad for you because of rumors being spread. They think it’s bad because of increased risk of cancer and disease.