If you were hoping that all those urban legends would eventually die out, you will be disappointed. If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble. So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day. Many people believe that no accusation would be made without any basis, so that if an accusation is made, it must be true, at least in part.
Many people are too busy to check anything out, so they just assume that accusations are valid.
Maybe he is bad. Senator Crump is a jerk. Opinion is divided about whether or not Senator Crump tortures animals for fun. The medium selects the message. Television is mostly pictorial, partly aural, and very little textual.