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The claim: United Airlines kicked a child off a flight for refusing to say Black Lives Matter Social justice remains a concern for some Americans. But a post on social media claims an airline may have taken its support for the cause too far. An article in the Babylon Bee, headlined United Airlines Kicks 2-Year-Old Off Flight For Refusing To Say Black Lives Matter, claims the airline refused to let a young girl fly after she couldn t pronounce the racial justice expression. The airline supposedly scolded the family of the child in a statement, too, citing its strict ideological purity requirement for all flights. Promotion for the article was posted to Instagram. ....
USA Today fact-checks Babylon Bee satire about toddler kicked off airline for not saying ‘Black Lives Matter’ Posted at 7:17 pm on December 17, 2020 by Brett T. In checking our archives, it turns out we’ve done quite a few posts on USA Today and fact-checking just this month. For example, USA Today “fact-checked” a very real photo of Jen Psaki, Joe Biden’s pick for press secretary, wearing a hammer and sickle hat, saying it was “missing context.” Just one day later, USA Today “fact-checked” a claim that “several Democratic politicians are urging social distancing and issuing stay-at-home advisories while hosting or attending gatherings themselves” by saying it, too, was “missing context.” ....