Peter Bogdanovich, the ascot-wearing cinephile and director of 1970s black-and-white classics like “The Last Picture Show” and “Paper Moon,” has died. He was 82.
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PolitiFact→ Tweets – Twitter post misconstrues what WHO Director-General said about COVID-19 vaccines and children
“WHO Director-General: The vaccines are being used to kill children.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WHO Director-General Did NOT Say Countries Are Giving COVID-19 Booster Shots To Kill Children
Did the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus say that countries are administering COVID-19 booster shots to "kill children"? No, that's not true: A WHO spokesperson told Lead Stories that Gheb
Logically→ WHO director-general said countries are giving COVID-19 booster shots to kill children.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stumbled on his words and corrected himself. The clip was edited to misrepresent what he said.
Snopes→ No, WHO’s Director-General Didn’t Say COVID Vaccines Are ‘Being Used To Kill Children’
A brief clip of a comment made by World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus misrepresented what he said.
Full Fact→ Funeral director’s viral claims about vaccinated people not based in fact
A video of a man who runs a funeral home in Milton Keynes talking about the pandemic has gone viral on social media. The man does operate a funeral home, and we have fact checked him before. He makes a number of claims in the video, namely that he&rsqu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Clinic Director Did NOT Release A Video Before He Killed Himself — Video Shows Another Man
Did the head of a German hospital who killed himself release a video before his death, calling COVID vaccines a genocide and saying he could no longer live with the lies? No, that's not true. Instead of showing Dr. Thomas Jendges, the now
Full Fact→ False claims from funeral director about facemasks, vaccines and the pandemic
A video interview of a funeral director from Milton Keynes has been shared on social media. The video contains a lot of false or misleading information about the Covid-19 pandemic including false claims about facemasks, use of midazolam, death rates an
Snopes→ Assistant Director of Baldwin Film Was Fired After 2019 Mishap
The disclosure emerged as producers of Baldwin's movie officially halted filming, and court records showed that investigators seized more than two dozen items from the set on the day after the shooting.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: British Funeral Director O’Looney Does NOT Make Case That COVID-19 Pandemic Is Not Real
Did a funeral director from Milton Keynes, England, make a case that the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax, or that it is caused by the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: O'Looney's conspiracy theories defy logic and are readily dismisse
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Director Has NOT Said Vaccinated People Are ‘The COVID-19 Super-Spreaders’
Did the United States' public health agency say vaccinated people are "the super-spreaders" of COVID-19? No, that's not true: Although discoveries about the delta variant will continue to change knowledge about it as scientists learn from
Snopes→ Olympic Opening Ceremony Director Fired for Holocaust Joke
The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.
Snopes→ Yes, McCormick Spices Is Hiring a Director of Taco Relations
Every day will be Taco Tuesday for someone.
Snopes→ `Superman,’ `Lethal Weapon’ Director Richard Donner Dies
Richard Donner helped form the modern superhero blockbuster with 1978's "Superman."
Logically→ Indian music director Bappi Lahiri passed away.
After recovering from COVID-19, Bappi Lahiri returned home on April 11, 2021, and is active on social media. The rumors of his death are untrue.
Health Feedback→ U.S. CDC director didn’t state that COVID-19 deaths were over-counted; her statements about deaths among vaccine breakthrough cases were misinterpreted
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 600,000 deaths in the U.S. and 3.4 million deaths worldwide as of 19 May 2021. Although the excess mortality in the U.S. since March 2020 clearly demonstrates that the pandemic has caused many more deaths than
FactCheck.org→ Websites and Social Posts Misrepresent CDC Director’s Comments on Breakthrough Deaths
SciCheck Digest In a May 16 interview, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director said the agency knew of 223 breakthrough fatalities among fully vaccinated individuals, but “not all … died of COVID.” That is not an admis
Snopes→ Biden Nominates Gun Control Advocate as ATF Director, Pushes New Exec Orders
Biden has faced increasing pressure to act after a recent series of mass shootings, but the White House has repeatedly emphasized the need for legislative action.
Snopes→ Biden, CDC Director Warn of Virus Rebound If Nation Lets Up
“This is deadly serious,” Biden said, urging governors to reinstate mask mandates and other restrictions that some states have been easing.
Snopes→ CDC Director Has Feeling of ‘Impending Doom’ Amid New Spike
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made an impassioned plea to Americans not to let their guard down in the fight against COVID-19, warning of a potential fourth wave of the virus.
AFP Fact Check→ This photo is not of World Trade Organization Director-General as a child
An image of a young girl has been shared thousands of times on social media in Nigeria alongside claims that the photo shows the new director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a child. This is false. The photograph
Snopes→ ‘Wizard of Oz’ Remake Planned with ‘Watchmen’ Director
New Line Cinema is making a new adaptation of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” L. Frank Baum children’s novel, with Nicole Kassell, the visual architect of “Watchmen,” set to direct.
Snopes→ ‘Wizard of Oz’ Remake Planned with ‘Watchmen’ Director
New Line Cinema is making a new adaptation of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” L. Frank Baum children’s novel, with Nicole Kassell, the visual architect of “Watchmen,” set to direct.
Snopes→ Biden Chooses Veteran Diplomat William Burns As CIA Director
A former ambassador to Russia and Jordan, Burns, had a 33-year career at the State Department under both Republican and Democratic presidents.
AFP Fact Check→ Video of former China CDC director criticising China-made vaccines in 2010 is recirculated in misleading social media posts
A news clip has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter in December 2020 alongside a claim it shows the former Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) criticising the quality of China
AFP Fact Check→ Biden’s Texas campaign director was not arrested for election fraud
Social media posts and an online article claim a top staffer from Joe Biden’s campaign team was arrested for electoral fraud. This is false; court records indicate that Dallas Jones, a political consultant hired to oversee the campaign in Texas, was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Biden Campaign Political Director Was NOT Arrested For Electoral Fraud
Did Dallas Jones, a political director in Texas for the presidential campaign of president-elect Joe Biden, get arrested for electoral fraud? No, that's not true: No arrest record was offered in support of the claim. A public affairs offi
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Dallas Jones, a ‘Biden Campaign Director,’ Arrested For ‘Electoral Fraud’?
On November 15 2020, a blog post titled “Biden Campaign Director Arrested For Electoral Fraud” began circulating on social media platforms like Twitter and Reddit: Apparently Former FBI agent and Joe Biden staffer has been arrested: Dall
Snopes→ Did Bannon Say He’d Put Fauci’s and FBI Director Wray’s ‘Heads on Pikes’?
The podcaster and Breitbart executive has been described as a "Trump loyalist."
Snopes→ Did Hillary Clinton Donate $700,000 to the Campaign of FBI Director’s Wife?
Andrew McCabe did not have any oversight of the investigation into Secretary Clinton's email server while his wife was running for political office.
Logically→ Biden: CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield contradicted Trump’s stance on mask usage by suggesting widespread mask wearing could save 100,000 lives between now and January.
Though Dr. Redfield did advocate for wearing masks to curtail the spread of coronavirus, he did not quote any numbers.
Snopes→ FBI Director Says Antifa Is an Ideology, Not an Organization
FBI Director Chris Wray told lawmakers that antifa is an ideology, not an organization, delivering testimony that puts him at odds with President Donald Trump, who has said he would designate it a terror group.
Washington Post→ White House social media director tweets manipulated video of Biden
Trump supporters keep posting manipulated video designed to mislead viewers. We don't think it's very funny.
Full Fact→ Tony and Cherie Blair are not directors of a PFI consortium
A Facebook post shared thousands of times has claimed that Tony and Cherie Blair are board members of “PFI Octagon”, a group that funded a hospital in Norfolk, announced in 1998 by Mr Blair. The text on the post reads: “Tony Bla
Snopes→ Joel Schumacher, Director of ‘St. Elmo’s Fire,’ Dies at 80
Schumacher died after a yearlong battle with cancer.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Los Angeles County Health Director Is NOT Pale And Sickly
Did the Los Angeles County Director of Public Health -- a woman tasked with responding to COVID-19 and promoting good health -- actually appear unhealthy in a photo from a news briefing? No, that's not true: A photograph of Barbara Ferrer was
Snopes→ NIH director: Large-Scale Vaccine Testing Expected by July
At least four or five possible vaccines “look pretty promising,” National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins told the Associated Press.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Fauci Did NOT Serve On Microsoft’s Board of Directors
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci serve on the board of directors of tech giant Microsoft, and was MIcrosoft co-founder Bill Gates Fauci's boss? No, this is not true. Fauci, one of the leaders on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, never served on the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Evidence Does NOT Show The WHO Director-General Overstated COVID-19 Fatality Rate
Did the World Health Organization's director-general overstate the COVID-19 fatality rate when he said that it was many times that of the seasonal flu? No, that's false: Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus accurately stated that the de
Snopes→ Virus Claims Life of Hospital Director in Hard-Hit Wuhan
As a mysterious new virus enveloped central China's Wuhan early this year, Liu Zhiming mobilized all the resources of his hospital in the city's Wuchang district to deal with the thousands of sick people arriving daily, threatening to overwhelm the loc