Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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During his September debate with Vice President #KamalaHarris, former President #DonaldTrump amplified a debunked rumor that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating people’s pet cats and dogs. Soon, #WittenbergUniversity, a private institution in #Springfield, began receiving violent threats. Michael Frandsen, the university’s president, feared the worst — and got an education in the viral power of misinformation.

Guest: Michael Frandsen, president of Wittenberg University