Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-07-11 05:30:31 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A42C167241257DCC760DC573E140128AAE4AEB6DD5EB1F4D283B8E22E0C0AC63
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Original Note:
While Beverly Eckert did meet with President Obama and tragically died in a plane crash shortly thereafter, the meme's specific claims about Obama giving her plane tickets and the exact timing are false and misleading. https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6870794&page=1 https://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/13/crash.eckert/index.htm https://www.nbcmiami.com/local/natlsept-11-widow-among-plane-crash-victims/1869177/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Eckert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgan_Air_Flight_3407
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