Before revision: The Woozle effect is somewhat similar to circular reporting in journalism, where someone makes a questionable claim, a journalist unthinkingly accepts it and republishes it not realizing its dubious origins, and other journalists and the public continue to repeat and duplicate the unsupported claim.
After revision: and unreliableThe Woozle effect is somewhat similar to circular reporting in journalism, where someone makes a questionable claim, a journalist unthinkingly accepts it and republishes it not realizing its dubious origins, and other journalists and the public continue to repeat and duplicate the unsupported claim.