[merlincorey]

This is called Circular Reporting[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reporting

[AstralStorm]

And the requisite xkcd joke, in which it is called citogenesis. (Not to be confused with cytogenesis.)

https://m.xkcd.com/978/

[falcor84]

And, of course, this then made its way to Wikipedia too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_...

[qubex]

Well played, sir.