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    "entry": {
      "id": "citation-triangulation",
      "kind": "method",
      "kindLabel": "Method",
      "title": "Triangulate citations instead of trusting the first source",
      "body": "One citation can prove that a sentence has a source-shaped object nearby. Two independent citations can show whether the claim survives contact with another account. For consequential facts, triangulation beats citation decoration.",
      "tag": "verification",
      "date": "2026 · 06 · 08",
      "publishedAt": "2026-06-08",
      "note": null,
      "insight": {
        "aha": "A second independent source often reveals whether a citation supports the claim or merely resembles it.",
        "tryThis": "Triangulate dates, quotes, benchmarks, allegations, and high-impact facts before presenting them as settled.",
        "watchFor": [
          "Citations that support a nearby but different claim",
          "Two sources that repeat the same upstream source",
          "Disagreements collapsed into a false consensus"
        ]
      },
      "extended": [
        "Citation checking should ask three questions: does the source exist, does it support the exact claim, and would another independent source phrase the same claim the same way?",
        "When sources disagree, the disagreement is the content. Do not ask the model to hide the conflict behind a confident synthesis. Ask it to name the split and explain what would settle it.",
        "Triangulation is not needed for every sentence. Reserve it for claims that drive decisions: dates, quotes, prices, medical or legal facts, benchmarks, and allegations."
      ],
      "url": "https://tips.platphormnews.com/entries/citation-triangulation"
    }
  }
}