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How I trace a claim to its first source (a ghost-hotel worked example)

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Most of what circulates online as "fact" is third-hand. A blog cites a listicle; the listicle cites a blurb; the blurb cites a story somebody heard. By the time it reaches you it reads like established history, and almost none of the chain is checkable, because nobody up the chain needed it to be.…

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  1. 2026-10-12 11:47 · DEV Community — AI
    How I trace a claim to its first source (a ghost-hotel worked example)

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