Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-04 00:25:07 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 18BCA41337186FE51BF3EE7E528B1A6BAD7E1ED1A9DD064CA423F1BEEF916D5E
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Politifact is misrepresenting Weingarten's positions. She called attempts to reopen schools in the fall of 2020 "Reckless, callous, cruel" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/17/trump-teachers-reopening-schools-coronavirus-randi-weingarten Her union pushed aggressively at the local level https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/how-teachers-unions-are-influencing-decisions-on-school-reopenings/2020/12 They continued in 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/08/us/teachers-unions-covid-schools.html
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