Ever since the US presidential debate two weeks ago, much has been made of Donal Trump's unsupported claim that Haitian immigrants in Ohio eat dogs. Local officials and Haitian leaders quickly denied the charge. And, as usual, the mainstream media gleefully piled on to imbue it with sinister motives.

Trump's "racist smear" the Washington Post proclaimed, "demonizes immigrants" mirroring claims used against them since the 1800s.

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