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Claim: Photograph shows Michelle Obama texting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner while other guests have their hands over their hearts.

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However rude or unpatriotic the attendee pictured here might have been, though, she clearly wasn't Michelle Obama. The First Lady is not seated with the general audience at the Correspondents' Dinner; she sits at head table on the dais.

Moreover, as photographs of the 2015 event clearly documents, Mrs. Obama was wearing a very different gown and hairstyle on that occasion from the woman shown above:



In fact, the texting woman pictured here is Helena Andrews, who writes a gossip column for the Washington Post:

Helena Andrews, who writes the Reliable Source gossip column for The Washington Post, was caught on video using her cell phone as the "Star Spangled Banner" played at the 2015 White House Correspondents dinner.

Andrews appeared to be typing with her head down, glued to her smartphone's screen, while other attendees stood solemnly with their hands over their hearts until the patriotic song finished.

Andrews later confirmed it was her, but insisted she was taking notes for her job and not texting. She also claimed it happened at dinnertime, not during the National Anthem.

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