David Mikkelson
David Mikkelson founded the site now known as snopes.com back in 1994 as a creative outgrowth of his wide-ranging interests in a variety of subjects (particularly folklore) and his professional expertise in the computer industry. Handling everything from researching and writing articles about urban legends to managing the site’s technical infrastructure, David saw snopes.com (which antedated the development of automated search engines) quickly become the go-to place for Internet users to query about anything questionable they encountered online, establishing it as the oldest and best known online fact-checking outlet operating today. David’s educational background includes a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Texas (San Antonio) and about a zillion course hours of post-graduate classes at California State University Northridge taken with no particular degree program in mind. His previous employment encompassed stints with the News-Chronicle (newspaper), Teledyne Electronics, USPS, JPL, Digital Equipment Corporation, Rocketdyne, and Health Net (HMO).
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Sept. 15, 2020
This question has a simple answer.
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Sept. 14, 2020
The age of consent in the U.S. varies by state, ranging between 16 and 18. No one seriously want ...
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Sept. 8, 2020
A photograph of a man kneeling before a priest was widely shared on Twitter and Facebook.
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Sept. 3, 2020
The conservative commentator used her Twitter account to praise a murder suspect while insulting ...
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Aug. 31, 2020
The president "has strained to define what his second-term agenda would be."
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Aug. 30, 2020
A supposed quote from the Celtic great criticized NBA players for their pro-racial justice protests.
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Aug. 28, 2020
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said of the looting, “This is not legitimate First Amendment-protec ...
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Aug. 28, 2020
The anti-abortion activist tweeted that she believes in "one vote" per "Godly household," with h ...
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Aug. 25, 2020
"In each and every field, [Hitler] believes himself to be an unquestioned authority," the report ...
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Aug. 24, 2020
This was not a remotely accurate nor reasonable summary of what the former U.S. vice president a ...
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Aug. 24, 2020
Trump's tweet followed a report from a television station in Topeka, Kansas, based on an anonymo ...
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Aug. 21, 2020
A social media meme sought to exonerate U.S. President Donald Trump from any connection with Jef ...
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Aug. 21, 2020
Yet another meme sought to denigrate a particular group by using misrepresented photographs.
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Aug. 19, 2020
Mislabeled photographs are common currency in the world of online disinformation.
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Aug. 18, 2020
An "utterly deranged nutter with a mind unclouded by facts, evidence, or reason" may not be the ...
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Aug. 14, 2020
The president was critical of Joe Biden's choice of running mate in 2020, but not in this partic ...
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Aug. 14, 2020
"We can both have a democracy and elections and at the same time protect the public health," the ...
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Aug. 13, 2020
Anything is possible if you ignore the obvious.
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Aug. 12, 2020
Whether those contrasting statements document the senator to be a "hypocrite" is a thornier ques ...
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Aug. 11, 2020
Another example of a meme that misled through its failure to provide context.
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