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Something similar happens quite a bit with news reporting. Someone references a non existent story online, then a whole bunch of journalists and media outlets a
by CM30 8y ago
Something similar happens quite a bit with news reporting. Someone references a non existent story online, then a whole bunch of journalists and media outlets assume it's real based on the 'source' link/text.
Saw it with a story about a game Niantic Labs was supposedly working on, all based on a non existent IGN story that linked to an error page.
But it's depressing to see something like this happen with journals and what not. Would have thought these academics would be a bit better at checking their sources than this.
- anitil 8y agoI swear I've gotten stuck in reference loops online before. A cites B who cites C who cites A again. Not sure how it could happen.
- CM30 8y agoYeah, that's definitely a thing. It's especially common with wikis like Wikipedia, where the wiki article ends up being quoted in the press, which then end up as references for the wiki article etc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reporting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reporting Edit: Wikipedia also calls it 'citogenesis': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_...
- anitil 8y agoOoooh nice find! Thanks!