Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-06-07 16:49:18 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6AA93F2E7B7C743D4DBFD9DC4F80998609692CDE7666955FE3D75A209889BA57
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The ranking of major cities by air quality cited in the note is a multi-year avg from 2017-2022, while the tweet clearly refers to air quality in the short term ("now"). https://www.iqair.com/us/world-most-polluted-cities?continent=&country=&state=&sort=-rank&page=1&perPage=50&cities=gXTDkEBCX9BBKe5wc New York Times supports claim that NYC air quality was briefly worst in an index of major cities: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/us/nyc-smoke-air-quality.html?smid=nytcore-android-share NNN.
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