newspaper of record, n.All

The Newspaper of record (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠launder a claim: officials feed it to the paper, the paper prints it as fact, and the officials then cite the paper as their evidence.