Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
I think that Layfield is comparing Media to facts and flowers to explain how false information and misinterpretations were started and spread due to one false claim or it was rooted in something. They grew from that one false media coverage and it began spreading all over, uncontrollably, and now, we have a world full of lies. It becomes very hard to tell what is true and what is false because all these stories and lies trick us into believing they are true by rooting themselves into something. Layfield uses this to describe just how dangerous media coverage has become.