#524 frenzy

frenzy- a violent mental derangement; wild excitement or agitation, distraction

-C14 from Old French frenesie, from Greek, phren mind

If falsifying data to stir the public into a frenzy is your idea of “profit motive” then my friend you are a sad individual.

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