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A short chain can run: published investigation → mainstream pickup → viral independent video or creator amplification → executive rhetorical escalation → formal probe → rapid political collapse (resignation or withdrawal). This cascade shows new media ecology actors can convert localized reporting into national political outcomes within weeks.
— If true in multiple cases, it changes how politicians, agencies, and courts respond to allegations, and it demands clearer standards for verification, proportionality, and institutional due process before political careers are effectively ended by attention cascades.
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