Multiple 'independent'* sources making up the same shit is known as 'manufactured consent'. Especially if it's at the behest of a regime with an agenda to push.

Multiple 'independent'* sources making up the same shit is known as 'manufactured consent'. Especially if it's at the behest of a regime with an agenda to push. * Mass media is not and has never been independent. It's at the service of the owning class.