How Vance and Trump’s Lies About Springfield, Ohio, Migrants Continue to Unravel; Intelligencer, New York Magazine;, September 16, 2024

Chas Danner, Intelligencer, New York Magazine; How Vance and Trump’s Lies About Springfield, Ohio, Migrants Continue to Unravel

"What about J.D. Vance and Trump’s purported evidence?

Vance continues to be a leading proponent of numerous incendiary claims about the Haitian migrant community in Springfield. He has promoted the pet-eating rumors, even as they were debunked by state and local officials and media organizations, and over the past week he has added his own fuel to the fire — citing purported firsthand reports his office has received from constituents that support the allegations. When pressed to put forward actual evidence, however, he has not. And during an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday morning, he seemed to admit that he and Trump were creating stories for media attention:"

'It just exploded': Springfield woman claims she never meant to spark false rumors about Haitians; NBC News, September 13, 2024

Alicia Victoria Lozano , NBC News; 'It just exploded': Springfield woman claims she never meant to spark false rumors about Haitians

"The woman behind an early Facebook post spreading a harmful and baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating local pets that helped thrust a small Ohio city into the national spotlight says she had no firsthand knowledge of any such incident and is now filled with regret and fear as a result of the ensuing fallout...

Newsguard, a media watchdog that monitors for misinformation online, found that Lee had been among the first people to publish a post to social media about the rumor, screenshots of which circulated online. The neighbor, Kimberly Newton, said she heard about the attack from a third party, NewsGuard reported. 

Newton told Newsguard that Lee’s Facebook post misstated her story, and that the owner of the missing cat was “an acquaintance of a friend” rather than her daughter’s friend. Newton could not be reached for comment."