Judge the sources behind a search answer

Judge the sources behind this answer.

**Per cited source:**
1. **What kind it is** — ***primary record, reporting, a vendor, an aggregator, a forum, or generated content.* **These are not interchangeable**
2. **What it actually supports** — ***the specific claim it is attached to.* **Check the citation matches the sentence it sits under** — *a real source under the wrong claim is common*
3. **When it is from** — ***and whether the page date is when it was written or when it was last touched***
4. **Who produced it and what they gain** — ***especially where the source sells what is being evaluated***
5. **Whether it is reporting or repeating** — ***if it cites another source, I am one step further from the evidence***

**Then:**
- ***Which cited sources are actually the same source.* **Several outlets covering one study is one study**
- **Claims with no citation at all** — ***list them separately.* **In a cited answer these blend in**
- **Which claim would do the most damage if wrong**, and ***how to verify that one specifically***
- ***Where a source is a page that itself looks generated.* **Say what made you think so**

⚠️ ***Do not confirm that a source says what it is claimed to say*** — **you are judging the shape of the citation, not its contents.** **Say what has to be opened and read.**