Eating Pets and Other Lies: How the Haitian Migrant Hoax Exposes Flaws in Political Reporting

The rapid spread of baseless claims about Haitian immigrants reveals the need for long-term accountability in political reporting.

In the lead-up to the 2022 midterm elections, right-wing politicians and influencers amplified an outlandish claim that schools were installing litter boxes in bathrooms for students who identified as cats. This absurd narrative spread rapidly across social media and conservative news outlets, despite being consistently debunked by school officials and …