Circular reporting
PROBLEM WHERE A SOURCE GETS INFO FROM SOMEWHERE, THAT THEN USES THAT SOURCE AS A REFERENCE
False confirmation; Citogenesis; Citogensis; Brazilian aardvark; Circular sourcing; Circular source; Citeogenesis; Citation loop; Brazilian aardvarks
Circular reporting, or false confirmation, is a situation in source criticism where a piece of information appears to come from multiple independent sources, but in reality comes from only one source. In many cases, the problem happens mistakenly through sloppy reporting or intelligence-gathering.