Original sentence: , while others rejected the notion that it was an original build or an invention, and speculated that the incident could have been a staged hoax intended to provoke a response.According to The Dallas Morning News, a number of conspiracy theories emerged in the aftermath of the incident, most of which cited no evidence, contradicted each other, or clashed with known facts.These included assertions of commentators such as Glen Beck, who said that "for some reason Irving is important to the Islamists", and the incident was a "dog whistle"
Edited sentence: , while others rejected the notion that it was an original build or an invention,  and speculated that the incident could have been a staged hoax intended to provoke a response.A number of individuals and media sources have questioned the original narrative of what took place in the incident.An article in The Daily Beast describes the Internet as "lit aflame by claims of conspiracy", and pondered why putting a teenager in handcuffs over his clock was less of a concern to proponents of these theories, than the "apparently shoddy engineering of the 'invention' in question".Glen Beck has said that "for some reason Irving is important to the Islamists", and the incident was a "dog whistle"