Prominent fact-checker Snopes apologizes for plagiarism

Naman Ramachandran The Sheffield Doc/Fest board of trustees has apologized to its programming team who departed on acrimonious terms last week, following the departure of artistic director Cintia Gil.In an emotional statement last week, the festival’s group of seven programmers — Juliano Gomes, Qila Gill, Carlos Pereira, Christopher Small, Rabz Lansiquot, Soukaina Aboulaoula and Herb Shellenberger — spoke out about an ugly clash between the festival’s board and its outlook for the event, and

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published a full review in BuzzFeed News. Earlier this month, Snopes retracted 54 stories and suspended David Mikkelson, who used a pseudonym, his own name and the Snopes byline to publish the pieces.Stone features in pieces like, “Is This Roger Stone and Proud Boys Flashing a White Power Symbol?” (Snopes fact-check: True), and, “Did Roger Stone Record a Rap ‘Music Video’ Outside CPAC 2021?” (Snopes fact-check: True).

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentNew films from Africa feature prominently at the upcoming Venice Film Festival’s Final Cut in Venice workshop, which provides post-production support and partnership opportunities to projects from Africa and the Arab world.Five out of six works-in-progress selected for the prestigious Lido workshop hail from African nations, including Nigerian director C.J.

Arnold Schwarzenegger looked as content as could be during his latest summer outing! The actor, who recently celebrated his 74th birthday, was photographed while leaving a hair salon in Beverly Hills, CA on the afternoon of Aug. 13 and was joined by two friends. He had a cigar in his mouth while walking alongside his pals and showed off his muscles while wearing a gray graphic T-shirt and black shorts.

Mikkelson said in a statement. He added, “I am sorry.

Snopes has been exposed as a plagiarist, according to a BuzzFeed News investigation.David Mikkelson, who launched Snopes in 1995 with a mission to be “the internet’s definitive fact-checking site,” was suspended by his company, Doreen Marchionni, Snopes’ VP of editorial and its managing editor, confirmed to BuzzFeed, after their reporters uncovered no less than 54 plagiarized articles by Mikkelson.“Let us be clear: Plagiarism undermines our mission and values, full stop,” Marchionni said in a

Festa Italiana will take over Festival Piazza, Cathedral Gardens from August 27 to 29 and in 2019, the festa attracted 30,000 visitors. And his year it is 'all set to be bigger and better than ever before'.

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Dennis Harvey Film CriticWorse things have happened to Oscar winners, but it’s still unfortunate to see both Richard Dreyfuss and Mira Sorvino flailing in the inept muddle of “Crime Story.” Playing a semi-estranged father and daughter thrown into crisis mode over a few hours’ course following a home robbery, the stars are not exactly at their best here.But then the odds are sharply stacked against them, as writer-director Adam Lipsius’ film has the feel of an enterprise whose script wasn’t

Jessie J is setting the story straight.

Jessie J, 33, is apologizing after her recent comment that her “Bang Bang” collaborator Nicki Minaj, 38, “asked” to join the hit song (which also featured Ariana Grande, 28). “I respect you publicly being yourself @nickiminaj…From the moment I met you to now I have shown you nothing but love and gratitude for how f***ing blessed I was to have you and @arianagrande who btw wrote Bang Bang with the insanely talented Max Martin which I found out today,” she said via Instagram on Aug.

Jessie J is speaking out with an apology for Nicki Minaj after the rapper blasted the singer’s version of events surrounding the creation of their song “Bang Bang.”

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Shoppers have shared their excitement at a half-price deal at Asda for a slow cooker, with hundreds of people sharing the deal and arranging shopping trips.The 3L Slow Cooker in Stainless Steel is one of the most inexpensive cooker choices out there at a normal retail price of £13, but several shoppers have reported some stores selling them for less than half price at £5.85.Prices can reach as high as £30 for a simple slow cooker or crockpot but it's the savings made on cooking food that