du jour

As global central bankers, finance ministers and private-sector bankers gather in Washington this week for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, the price of gold is the “topic du jour,” as one participant put it.

Even when his films miss their mark, his willingness to depict the hilt of the human experience results in films packed to the brim with bold artistic decisions in a time when safety is the flavor du jour.

The scam du jour arrives via a text message, offering you a job.

Back when the short video platform du jour was a little app named Vine, the wildly popular user Anthony Padilla posted a six-second video that became what we know today as a “load-bearing post,” a video that defines culture so succinctly it has become part of modern vernacular.

While “The Fact Checker” is uneven, it’s a fun and quick read, and it does raise some of the most relevant questions du jour: What is a fact?