Sure seems so. When I followed the entire stallman controversy everyone just copied the first article sometimes citing it as a source of the controversial infor

Sure seems so. When I followed the entire stallman controversy everyone just copied the first article sometimes citing it as a source of the controversial information to deter potential liability's but never to the credit Ir good of said source. Similarly on any other niche enough or single sourced event you see this behavior as if repeating some joke said by another person.