Zombies probably don't make the best jurors. Plus, they aren't un-bribe-able so long as they accept cow brains as substitute for human brains.
I would bet that the friends of any members of the village people have gotten knuuwz (er, news) from them, so for those people there is a news source with that hat. Or perhaps the family of an electrician or builder for Donald Trump.
On the one hand, it's too bad the story about the dog isn't true, but on the other hand it was obviously a third-or-fourth-hand description, considering the inaccuracies about the Jewish faith and courts system, so some skepticism was necessary from the get-go.