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Fact vs. Fiction #301 By Hank Silverberg Commentary The mayor, city administrator and police department of Sprinfield, Ohio have all said there is no evidence of Haitian refugees or anyone else eating people's pets or the geese at the local parks. But this rumor persists because Donald Trump said it on the debate stage after JD Vance, who is from Ohio, heard from one consituent, who had heard it from another constituent, who made such an allegation that was never substantiated. And that is how false information, or what is officially labeled "disinformation," spreads. Disinformation is not something new. Andrew Jackson had to fend off false rumors about his second wife when he was running for office. John Kerry may have lost the 2004 presidential election because of disinformation about his Vietnam War record. (Remember the "Swift Boat" controversy?). It gets worse,