Ramesh's Kitchen was a very successful restaurant until it was widely rumored that bugs infested the rice that it serves.Ramesh's Kitchen's popularity has been victimized by a _____.

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The statement describes a rumor about bugs infesting the rice served at Ramesh's Kitchen, which is a type of contamination rumor. A competitive rumor would be spread by a rival restaurant or business to harm their competition, and a conspiracy rumor would involve a secretive plot or scheme. A reactive rumor would be in response to some event or action, but there is no clear cause mentioned in this statement. A false rumor would be one that is completely untrue, but the fact that the restaurant's popularity has suffered suggests that there may be some element of truth to the contamination rumor.

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