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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March 31, 2013
A photograph showing Barack Obama in a romantic embrace with British prime minister David Camero ...
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March 31, 2013
YouTube is shutting down and will no longer be accepting video submissions?
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March 29, 2013
A U.S. soldier named Bowe Bergdahl was held prisoner after being captured by the Taliban in 2009?
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March 27, 2013
Did Victoria's Secret announce plans to market a line of provocative lingerie to teenage girls?
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March 27, 2013
Café customers buy 'suspended coffees' for less fortunate patrons?
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March 27, 2013
Does the Monsanto Protection Act create a 'precedent-setting limitation on judicial review of ge ...
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March 26, 2013
Will shouting 'Andy's coming!' to Toy Story characters at Disney theme parks cause them to stop ...
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March 25, 2013
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz expressed the company's support for same-sex marriage but didn't te ...
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March 20, 2013
Old photographs show John Travolta and Nicolas Cage look-alikes?
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March 20, 2013
Letter from a disabled veteran criticizes George Bush and Dick Cheney over the Iraq War.
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March 17, 2013
Do food tasters work on behalf of U.S. presidents?
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March 15, 2013
Did scientists once prove that bumblebees can't fly?
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March 15, 2013
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky penned an opinion piece about the 2012 U.S. presidential elections?
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March 14, 2013
Does a video feature a North Korean propaganda report on 'How Americans Live Today'?
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March 14, 2013
Rumor: Facebook's 'Graph App' makes your private Facebook content visible to strangers.
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March 14, 2013
Rumor: Pope Francis once said 'Women are naturally unfit for political office.'
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March 13, 2013
Video shows Jeff Gordon pranking a car salesman with a wild test drive?
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March 12, 2013
Mark Kelly purchased an AR-15 rifle the day after testifying to Colorado legislators about the n ...
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March 11, 2013
"Can you imagine finding these on your phone after a drunken night out?"
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March 8, 2013
Has the U.S. Army promoted accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan and awarded him the Legion of M ...
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