# An Accusation Circulates on Salaciousness Not on Evidentiary Strength ## Claim Documented harm that is procedurally dull loses to an unresolved allegation that is vivid, so the best-evidenced findings about a person are systematically the least discussed. This is a fact about audiences rather than about the accused. <!-- atomicity: 1 idea ✓ --> ## Scope & conditions - Applies to reputational information generally — political, institutional, professional. Predicts that what circulates about someone is a poor guide to what is established about them. ## Links - [[A Validator Network Converts a Leaders Assertion Into Perceived Consensus]] — extends; both concern how claims propagate independent of their support - [[Charismatic Damage Control Runs on DARVO That Recasts Victims as Biased Outsiders]] — contrasts - [[3. Resources/MOCs/NAR and Charismatic Authority Critique MOC]] — why the documented harms in this corpus travel worse than the unproven ones