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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June 28, 2013
Has Paula Deen been hired to host a cooking show for Fox News?
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June 27, 2013
Actor Brad Pitt did not author 'A Secret of Love,' a romantic tale about a man caring for his un ...
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June 27, 2013
Video shows a seal being grabbed by a shark as it was being re-released into the ocean?
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June 27, 2013
Photograph shows U.S. Air Force jets celebrating a Supreme Court ruling regarding the Defense of ...
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June 26, 2013
A 2013 immigration bill provides young people with free cars to transport them to their jobs?
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June 25, 2013
Text reproduces letter from Bill Schoonover to members of Congress?
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June 25, 2013
Did a food writer lapse into a butter-induced coma after consuming 413 Red Lobster biscuits?
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June 24, 2013
Grisly photograph purportedly shows the Buckley family, whose children beheaded their mother wit ...
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June 24, 2013
Transcript reproduces suicide note left by U.S. Army veteran Daniel Somers?
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June 24, 2013
Rumor: Albert Einstein once said that segregation was a 'disease of white people.'
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June 21, 2013
A few addresses in Atlanta, Georgia, had a particularly busy tax season one year.
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June 20, 2013
Did Pat Robertson say disobedient wives should be spanked by their husbands?
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June 19, 2013
A lawyer received a caustic response after complaining to the Cleveland Browns about fans' throw ...
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June 19, 2013
Rumor: U.S. $1 bills are being circulated with the words 'NO GOD BUT ALLAH' stamped on them.
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June 18, 2013
Rumor: Video shows rapper Lil Wayne trampling on a U.S. flag while shooting a music video.
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June 18, 2013
Fauxtoraphy: Photograph purportedly shows a 'radioactive'-looking sinkhole in Philadelphia.
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June 17, 2013
A whole other movie could be compiled from naughty scenes supposedly sneaked into various Disney ...
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June 13, 2013
Account describes the 2013 Air Force Academy commencement ceremonies?
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June 10, 2013
Elena Burns posted disparaging remarks about soldiers on Facebook with the goal of 'making her f ...
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