Across
- 3. A space where opinions bounce off the walls and return louder, not wiser.
- 4. The backstage choreographer deciding which posts step into your spotlight.
- 5. A fake persona used to pretend one person is a crowd.
- 11. A crafted untruth launched on purpose, not by accident.
- 14. The moment a fringe rumor gets a megaphone and becomes everyone’s problem.
- 17. A convenient excuse that hides the real motive.
- 18. A deliberate prank built to fool, not just to entertain.
- 19. A methodical comparison between a statement and the world it pretends to describe.
- 20. The surrounding details that turn an isolated clip back into reality.
Down
- 1. The habit of checking before cheering or sharing.
- 2. The origin of a claim—the place you go to see whether the story started clean.
- 6. Messaging that cares more about loyalty and feeling than it does about balance.
- 7. A careful unmasking that shows why a claim stumbles when evidence enters the room.
- 8. The art of rotating facts until they catch the light you prefer.
- 9. The overarching storyline that connects events into meaning—sometimes selectively.
- 10. A preventive heads-up that explains common tricks before they’re tried on you.
- 12. The tilt in our thinking that makes familiar stories look taller than they are.
- 13. An army of automated accounts that never sleeps and never blushes.
- 15. A mistaken claim passed along in good faith but still wrong.
- 16. The act of deciding which information gets through the door and which waits outside.
