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DirectFact compiles news about pop culture movies & shows so that fans can keep up-to-date on all the latest rumors, reports, and announcements about the franchises covered by The Direct. DirectFact also tracks the outlets & sources that deliver fans their pop culture news.

DirectFact is organized into news entries. DirectFact entries are comprised of the following:

Sentence(s): The entry sentence(s) accurately and succinctly summarizes the news, containing information that describes what the news is.

Source: The entry source is the outlet, entity, or individual which is where the news came from.
DirectFact organizes sources into three groups:

• Official Source: An entity or spokesperson directly involved with a project.
  
  Official sources include entities and individuals like…
  • Marvel Studios
  • Warner Bros.
  • Kathleen Kennedy
  
  
• Trade Outlet: An outlet with a long-standing reliable track record for legitimate exclusive news.
  
  Trade outlets include…
  • The Hollywood Reporter
  • Entertainment Weekly
  • Collider
  
  
• Non-trade Outlet: An outlet without a long-standing reliable track record for legitimate exclusive news
  
  Rumors come from outlets and individuals like…
  • The Direct
  • MCU Cosmic
  • The Illuminerdi
  
  

Date: The entry date is the day of when the news was shared.

Type: The entry type is directly based on the source of the news.
DirectFact entries can be one of the following six types:

• Official: News shared by an official source
• Report: News shared by a trade outlet
• Rumor: News shared by a non-trade outlet or an individual source.
• Quote: News from an individual directly involved with a project
  
  Quotes come from individuals like…
  • Filmmakers
  • Actors & Actresses
• Picture: News from a still visual
  
  Pictures come from sources like…
  • Promotional art
  • Set photos
• Video: News from a moving visual
  
  Videos come from sources like…
  • Promotional footage
  • Set videos

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