The Oct. 1 New York Times Magazine ran a troubling story about how right-wing media and anti-immigrant forces turned an unfortunate incident involving three children into a fictional gang rape that has no relationship with the truth.
The story began at a Twin Falls, Idaho, apartment building laundry room, where two refugee boys, 10 and 7, were caught in a compromising situation partially dressed with a 5-year-old girl last year.
None of that was true, according to Twin Falls police. There was no knife, the rape allegations were false, and there are no Syrian refugees in Twin Falls.