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laundering The process by which a counterfeit quotation or news
item eventually gets picked up by multiple news sources, which
cite one another but never lead back to a verifiable source
(because there isn't one). The quote's appearance on multiple
forums and news aggregators lends it credibility because it is
viewed as "reported" by multiple outlets.  Laundered quotes can
originate from satire that is not recognized as satire, but more
frequently from an Internet writer who is paraphrasing or
outright fabricating. No matter how many places you see it
mentioned, the starlet never actually Tweeted that "Scientology
is an abusive cult." A comedian said this while doing an
impression of her, and then quote laundering took over. 2.
quote-laundering The act of citing a source to support a
hypothesis and burying the reference in a footnote or endnote
that, once investigated, turns out to be irrelevant, spurious or
entirely fictitious.  Similar to quot