" half-baked conspiracy theories such as Trump's bizarre claim that the upcoming election is rigged".   Yes - Its always easy to downplay and trivialize a fact by calling it a conspiracy.  That only works on a certain kind of mentality.   A turnip can see the blatant "MEDIA rigging" and the disparities with the controlled media coverage of the two candidates and how every single story is tilted in favor of their chosen one (Hillary).  That is willfully and consciously attempting to RIG the outcome by attempting to "wrongfully " alter voter perceptions against one of the candidates (Trump).  These types of lame attempts to smear Trump only gives Trump more credibility this close to the election.